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About the Course

Epidemiological studies can provide valuable insights about the frequency of a disease, its potential causes and the effectiveness of available treatments. Selecting an appropriate study design can take you a long way when trying to answer such a question. However, this is by no means enough. A study can yield biased results for many different reasons. This course offers an introduction to some of these factors and provides guidance on how to deal with bias in epidemiological research. In this course you will learn about the main types of bias and what effect they might have on your study findings. You will then focus on the concept of confounding and you will explore various methods to identify and control for confounding in different study designs. In the last module of this course we will discuss the phenomenon of effect modification, which is key to understanding and interpreting study results. We will finish the course with a broader discussion of causality in epidemiology and we will highlight how you can utilise all the tools that you have learnt to decide whether your findings indicate a true association and if this can be considered causal....

Top reviews

RP
Jan 31, 2021

Very useful course mainly for understanding how to design correctly a study but also during analysis phase. It makes you reflect on aspects you might not consider by default. Fully recommended.

MD
Aug 19, 2020

Another great course from ICL! The course project in week 2 was very helpful: it solidified the concept of how to check for confounding. I highly recommend this course.

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By Muhammad F b M R

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Jun 10, 2020

Amazing tutors and amazing course.

By Marcela D C

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Dec 21, 2020

Excellent content and instructors

By Fernando R U G

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May 21, 2019

Excellent course, very complete.

By C H

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Jun 12, 2020

The final course was excellent!

By Chenliang Y

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Jan 23, 2021

a little bit hard! but worth!

By 1820481

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Sep 15, 2020

excellent course thanks

By Winston A W

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Dec 2, 2020

Excellent, thank you.

By Sadaf A

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Jun 19, 2020

Great experience

By Anand v B

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Jun 17, 2020

Very well taught

By SHAKIL A

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Feb 16, 2021

amazing

By Mahadev K

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May 8, 2021

good

By Shamna n

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Mar 6, 2021

Good

By RANJEET S M

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Aug 10, 2019

GOOD

By KAFFLOUMAN K S

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Aug 6, 2020

Une belle expérience qui permit d'acquérir de nombreuses compétences

By María F A

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Feb 7, 2021

a very good course that sparks interest in epidemiology.

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