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Martin Kulldorff Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
For Prevalence
Ordinal Data
For example: Stage 1, 2, 3, 4
Data Aggregation
Same level of aggregation usually needed due to data availability. Less aggregation is typically better as more information is retained. Many statistical methods can be used irrespectively of aggregation level.
Course Outline
Geographical Cancer Surveillance 1. Mapping Rates and Proportions 2. Smoothed Maps 3. Tests for Spatial Randomness 4. Spatial Scan Statistic 5. Global Clustering Tests 6. Brain Cancer Mortality 7. Survival Data
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Space-Time Cancer Surveillance 8. Space-Time Scan Statistic for the Early Detection of Disease Outbreaks
Statistical Software 9. SaTScan Demonstration