Course “Advanced statistical modeling in biomedical studies: Analysis for continuous longitudinal data (R) (2023 Edition)” organized by the IACS and the IISA

Professionals from the Aragonese Health System, and/or research staff from the IIS Aragón who carry out research within a research team, who require the use of this type of methodology to carry out their research work. (24 places)

Selection criteria

The selection criteria will be:

• HEALTH professionals who belong to a research group.

• HEALTH professionals who wish to begin research work.

• Professionals assigned to IIS Aragón research groups not included in the two previous groups who develop clinical research and with preference for emerging groups.

• Pre-registration Order.

In the selection, an attempt will be made to guarantee that the different health sectors of Aragon are represented in the activity. 

For in-person sessions, it is essential to bring your own laptop. 

Basic knowledge of statistics is required, as well as experience and knowledge of using R Software.

Objective

Provide advanced statistical tools for health sciences research. 

Specific objectives

- Make known the appropriate organization that our data must have for this type of longitudinal studies. 

- Illustrate how to visualize longitudinal data.

- Introduce the student to statistical methods and models to analyze repeated measurements when the response variable follows a normal distribution

- Introduce the student to multivariate analysis using random effects models.

- Create reproducible reports using only R