Week 7b

b. Heterogeneity within populations and subgroups

(continued in week 8)

Idea: How people respond to treatment may vary from one subgroup to another--When is this a matter of chance or of undetected additional variables? How do we delineate the boundaries between subgroups?

Cases: Forms of breast cancer, Low dose aspirin and prevention of cardiovascular events, Statistical concerns

Readings: Regan 2005, Eikelboom 2003, Gum 2003, Nelson 2005, Lagakos 2006

Citation: cchewadmin. (2008, July 29). Week 7b. Retrieved November 06, 2014, from UMass Boston OpenCourseware Web site: http://ocw.umb.edu/public-policy/epidemiological-thinking-for-non-specialists/schedule-links/week-7b.