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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 12pt 0cm 0pt 17.85pt" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>Bayesian Biostatistics</SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 12pt 0cm 0pt 17.85pt" align=center><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>Emmanuel Lesaffre</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 17.85pt" align=center><SPAN lang=NL-BE style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"'>L-Biostat, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 12pt 0cm 0pt 17.85pt" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>Abstract</SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 12pt 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0cm"><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>Bayesian methods have seen an explosion in developments and applications in the last decade. This course gives the necessary background to understand the Bayesian approach. A great variety of examples illustrate the Bayesian methods, such as: diagnostic tests, meta-analyses, longitudinal studies, disease maps, etc. <A name=_GoBack></A>Practical exercises are based on WinBUGS, OpenBUGS, JAGS and their R-interfaces 2WinBUGS, R2jags, etc. </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 12pt 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0cm"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>Learning outcomes</SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraph style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 6pt 0cm 0pt 17.85pt; TEXT-INDENT: -17.85pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>Understanding applications of the Bayesian approach in the medical literature </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraph style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 6pt 0cm 0pt 17.85pt; TEXT-INDENT: -17.85pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>Working with WinBUGS, OpenBUGS and R2WinBUGS, R2jags, etc. for performing Bayesian analyses</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraph style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 6pt 0cm 0pt 17.85pt; TEXT-INDENT: -17.85pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>Understand the difference (advantages and disadvantages) of the Bayesian versus the frequentist approach</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraph style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 6pt 0cm 0pt 17.85pt; TEXT-INDENT: -17.85pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>Extending the complexity of your analyses above what can be done with the frequentist approach</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 18pt 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0cm"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>Who should attend?</SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 12pt 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0cm"><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>(Bio)-statisticians, but also epidemiologists and researchers in biomedical, veterinary, epidemiology, pharmacology sciences etc with a good statistical background.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 18pt 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0cm"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>Source: </SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 12pt 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0cm"><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>Lesaffre, E. and Lawson, A. <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Bayesian Biostatistics</I>, 2102, John Wiley & Sons, New York</SPAN></P>
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