Atividade

114124 - Confundidores, mediadores e modificadores de efeito: aplicação de conceitos essenciais para a inferência causal em Epidemiologia

Período da turma: 29/01/2024 a 02/02/2024

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Descrição: Ementa:
1. Visão geral dos conceitos de causalidade e confusão.
2. Estratégias para identificar confundidores e métodos para controlar a confusão.
3. Mediadores, o conceito da análise hierarquizada.
4. Viés de colisão (collider bias).
5. Modificação de efeito – interação.
6. Exercícios práticos utilizando o programa STATA.

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Carga Horária:

20 horas
Tipo: Obrigatória
Vagas oferecidas: 35
 
Ministrantes: Fredi Alexander Diaz Quijano


 
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