Overview
Key facts
The course considers continuous, binary and time-to-event outcomes, and covers a variety of modelling options, including common-effect and random-effects. Days 1 and 2 mainly focus on the synthesis of IPD from randomised trials of interventions, where the aim is to summarise a treatment effect or to examine treatment-covariate interactions. We outline how to use either a two-stage framework (day 1) or a one-stage framework (day 2) for the meta-analysis, and compare their pros and cons.
University of Birmingham's Statistical Methods for Meta-Analysis of Individual Participant Data (SMIPD) programme will teach you more about this topic.
Programme Structure
- Day 3 focuses on novel extensions including multivariate and network meta-analysis of IPD to incorporate correlated and indirect evidence (e.g. from multiple outcomes or multiple treatment comparisons). Special topics will also be covered, including: (i) IPD meta-analysis to identify prognostic/risk factors, (ii) IPD meta-analysis of test accuracy studies; (iii) estimating the power of a planned IPD meta-analysis; and (iv) dealing with unavailable IPD. The course consists of a mixture of lectures and practical sessions to reinforce the underlying statistical concepts. Participants can choose either Stata or R for the practicals. The key messages are illustrated with real examples throughout the course.
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 3 days
Start dates & application deadlines
Language
Delivered
Disciplines
Statistics View 20 other Short Courses in Statistics in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
Open to anyone, aimed at healthcare researchers from any background, ideally with some training in statistics and healthcare research, either at BSc or MSc level.
Tuition Fee
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International
499 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 499 GBP for the full programme during 3 days. -
National
499 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 499 GBP for the full programme during 3 days.
Student - £499. Academic - £599. Industry - £699. All including VAT.