Principles of Epidemiology 05. Causal Inferences, Bias, Confounding, and Interaction

NTU OpenCourseWare
Course Title: Principles of Epidemiology
Instructor: Chin-Kuo Chang, Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
License: Unless noted, this work is licensed by Chin-Kuo Chang for the use of NTU OCW ONLY. The copyright belongs to the above mentioned licensor.

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00:00:00 Opening ~ Unit Title
00:00:15 Introduction
00:01:37 Outlines
00:03:07 An eternal question
00:04:47 Generation of Association
00:07:14 Yielding Hypothesis
00:10:07 Causal Models
00:15:42 Types of Association
00:17:23 Secondary Relation
00:18:13 Indirect Relation
00:18:48 Judging Causal Relation
00:31:46 The Accuracy of Measurement in Epi
00:34:03 Bias – the loss of validity
00:35:51 Confounding
00:39:02 Insights into Confounding
00:40:48 Ways of Confounding Control
00:43:48 Interaction (Effect Modifier)
00:45:46 Insights into Interaction
00:47:14 Causal Models
00:49:17 An Alternative Way to Help You Understanding Confounding and Effect Modifier
00:52:17 Personal Insight
00:55:51 Read My Lips
00:58:05 Ways to Think
01:02:59 Copyrights ~ Ending

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