Publications by Simon Thornley
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Further exploration of regression Aims Testosterone concentration and body mass Transforming continuous data Age restriction Gender restriction Time to analyse Which model is best? Homework Answers Photo by Simone Pellegrini on Unsplash Further exploration of regression This session, we will explore the relationship between testosterone conce...
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Tutorial 3 POPLHLTH 216
Analysing a case-control study Photo by Garrett Jackson on Unsplash Tutorial aims Gain confidence using iNZight lite to analyse a case-control study. Reinforce the assessment of categorical associations, this time focusing on odds ratios, and exposures with several different categories. Calculate and explain the meaning and assumptions underlyin...
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Exploring inferential statistics. How can we avoid dental procedures? Tutorial aims Gain confidence using iNZight lite to explore hypothesis testing for both categorical and continuous variables. We are investigating the association between cigarette smoking and dental caries. This is a cross-sectional study, so we have to interpret our finding...
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POPLHLTH_216_tut_1
Tutorial 1: POPLHLTH 216 Simon Thornley 15 July, 2024 Just in case you missed ‘That Sugar song’… Aims Today we will seek to understand and apply: Checking the quality of data before analysis Beginning our analysis of data with plots and their interpretation (exploratory data analysis) Consider some of the factors not addressed by a statist...
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POPLHLTH_216_tut_2
2. Tutorial for POPLHLTH 216: Quantitative methods for Health Research Simon Thornley 1 August, 2023 Exploring inferential statistics. How can we avoid dental procedures? Tutorial aims Gain confidence using iNZight lite to explore hypothesis testing for categorical and continuous variables. We have been interested in the relationship between un...
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Good coding habits in R Simon Thornley 23 September, 2022 Image from Hackernoon Good coding habits in R This is a summary of good habits to get into when coding in general. Since I use R, these will be related to R code. It is derived from the book “Good habits for great coding” by Michael Stueben available here. Keep your code neat and ea...
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POPLHLTH 216 Tutorial 5
5. Tutorial for POPLHLTH 216: Quantitative methods for Health Research Simon Thornley 29 September, 2022 Further exploration of regression. This session, we will explore the relationship between testosterone, the male sex hormone and body mass index (BMI) in a national US survey health survey (NHANES). This will allow us to explore the need for ...
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POPLHLTH_216_Tutorial: 3
3. Tutorial for POPLHLTH 216: Quantitative methods for Health Research Simon Thornley 4 August, 2021 Analysing a case-control study Tutorial aims Gain confidence using iNZight lite to analyse a case-control study. We will use this as a chance to both develop our analytical skills and revise some of the material we’ve been discussing. What is...
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POPLHLTH_216_Tutorial: 2
2. Tutorial for POPLHLTH 216: Quantitative methods for Health Research Simon Thornley 4 August, 2021 Exploring inferential statistics. Photo by Jonathan Borba on Unsplash Tutorial aims Gain confidence using iNZight lite to explore hypothesis testing for categorical and continuous variables. We have been interested in the relationship between ...
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POPLHLTH_216_Tutorial
1. Tutorial for POPLHLTH 216: Quantitative methods for Health Research Simon Thornley 3 August, 2021 Baby steps, opening our data, checking the validity, and estimating prevalence of dental caries. We have been interested in the relationship between understanding of sugar content in food and the link to dental caries. We have just carried out an...
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