- Docente: Alberto Cazzola
- Credits: 6
- SSD: SECS-S/05
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Statistical Sciences (cod. 8875)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student knows the most commonly used medical sources at European and world level and the methods of study of health and social phenomena, with particular reference to multivariate statistical analysis. In particular, the student is able to: - use statistical methods to estimate the life expectancy of the population in health - analyze health and social phenomena in terms of the effects on the population, and analyze the effect of health policy change on the population using appropriate statistical methods and software
Course contents
The sample design of research
The experimental design
The observational design
The regression discontinuity design
Causal inference
Propensity score
Definitions and measures of alternative risk
Health policies evaluation
Readings/Bibliography
bibliography, notes and exercises will be made available by the teacher on the site: http://campus.unibo.it/
Teaching methods
Lectures
Exercises in the computer lab
Assessment methods
Oral examination
Teaching tools
Slide power point
R - scripts
Office hours
See the website of Alberto Cazzola