Publications by Simon Thornley
Exam revision
6. Tutorial for POPLHLTH 216: Quantitative methods for Health Research Simon Thornley 7 October, 2021 Exam Revision This session we will do a bit of exam preparation, looking over some selected questions that cover parts of the course. The examination will be conducted online, using Inspera. You will have 20 multi-choice questions and 3 x 10 mar...
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Epidemiological glossary
Glossary of epidemiological terms Simon Thornley 20 August, 2021 Photo by Romain Vignes on Unsplash Half the battle in making sense of epidemiology is getting on top of the terminology. I hope that this summary is of use to you. Association A statistical relationship between an exposure (such as eating butter) and disease (such as cardiovascul...
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Tutorial_4
4. Tutorial for POPLHLTH 216: Quantitative methods for Health Research Simon Thornley 10 September, 2021 Adjusting for confounding and regression. Our aim in this session is to go into a basic assessment of how to adjust for confounding through use of stratification and regression. This is a very big topic, but let’s take the first few steps! ...
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POPLHLTH_216_Tutorial: 5
5. Tutorial for POPLHLTH 216: Quantitative methods for Health Research Simon Thornley 7 October, 2021 Further exploration of regression. This session, we will continue to explore the cot-death dataset and learn more about doing practical regression analysis. Remember, here, we will be using regression to explore the statistical nature of the ass...
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POPLHLTH 304: tutorial 6
POPLHLTH 304 tutorial 6: count regression Simon Thornley 1 April, 2022 Scabies swimming in mineral oil at 40x magnification. Live mites on human skin (courtesy of Berghofer QIMR). Getting started This session, we will focus on modelling of count outcomes in epidemiology. We will learn how to: Plot the relationships with count variables Run an...
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POPLHLTH 304: tutorial 5
POPLHLTH 304 tutorial 5 linear regression Simon Thornley 29 March, 2022 Scatterplot with regression line (blue). Vertical black lines represent residuals. Getting started This session, we will focus on statistical testing with R. We will learn how to: Plot and summarise the relationships between continuous variables. Interpret regression model...
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Tutorial_4
4. Tutorial for POPLHLTH 304: Examining the differences between two groups for a categorical variable Simon Thornley 23 March, 2022 smoker Getting started with R This session, we will focus on statistical testing with R. We will learn how to: conduct chi-square tests; calculate odds ratios Consider stratified analyses to adjust for confounding...
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POPLHLTH 304: tutorial 3
3. Tutorial for POPLHLTH 304: Examining the differences between two groups for a continuous variable Simon Thornley 14 March, 2022 Image by Colin Maynard on Unsplash Getting started with R This session, we will focus on statistical testing with R. We will learn how to: Explore the distribution of continuous variables using histograms and boxpl...
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POPLHLTH 304: tutorial_2
2. Tutorial for POPLHLTH 304: Getting started with R Simon Thornley 15 March, 2022 Getting started with R This session, we will focus on taking baby steps with R. We will learn how to: load libraries import data check our integrity of our data The final step involves three aspects of the data that I think are important to look for. These are: ...
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POPLHLTH 304: tutorial 11
POPLHLTH 304 tutorial 11: directed acyclic graphs and artificial intelligence Simon Thornley 20 May, 2022 You are told that ‘Steve is shy and withdrawn. He is also a meek and tidy soul with a need for order and detail.’ Is he more likely to be a librarian or a farmer? The answer may surprise you. See the video to find out more. Bayes’ the...
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