Staff course and seminar at MEB, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, 28-30 November 2007

Method comparison studies in practise

1. A brief practical course
   
2. Seminar, Thursday 29th November, 14:00-15:00:
   Statistical models for method comparison studies.
   in: Lennart Nilsson salen, Nobels väg 15a

• Lectures and computer practicals: Bendix Carstensen, Steno Diabetes Center, Denmark
• Course organizer: Paul Dickman, MEB.
• Venue: Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, MEB
• Program: (detailed, in pdf-format)
  • Wednesday 28th November
    • 14:00-16:00: Introduction to R and WinBUGS, getting the technicalities (i.e. R2WinBUGS) to work on your computer.
  • Thursday 29th November
    • 09:00-12:30: Introducing method comparison studies, practical computer session
    • 14:00-15:00: Seminar:
      Statistical models for method comparison studies. Abstract
      Non-participants in the course are welcome too.
    • 15:15-16:30: Computer session applying the advanced methods introduced in the seminar.
  • Friday 30th November
    • 09:30-12:30: Reporting method comparison studies, practical computer session.
• Application: send a mail to Bendix Carstensen explaining your interest in the course and whether you are currently working on method comparison problems.
  Participation is limited to 15. Admission is on a first-come-first-served basis.
  There is no course fee.
• Computing requirements:
  • Participants are assumed to bring their own computer:
  • R:
    Install the latest version of R, 2.6.0, available from the R homepage.
    Additionally, please install the R-packages:
    • Epi version 1.0.0 from: here .
    • MethComp version 0.1.19 from here .
    • R2WinBUGS by issuing the command from inside R:
      install.packages("R2WinBUGS")
  • WinBUGS:
    Get it from here. Remember to register as a user and get a free key file to get it working.
• Reading:
  • Papers:
    • M Bland & DG Altman: Measuring agreement in method comparison studies.
    • B Carstensen: Comparing and predicting between several methods of measurement.
  • Preprint and draft paper in pdf-format:
    • B Carstensen, JA Simpson & L Gurrin: Statistical models for assessing agreement in method comparison studies with replicate measurements.
    • B Carstensen & L Gurrin: Practical aspects of method comparison.
• Practicals in pdf-format. (Note: subject to change).
• Slides, 3-ups and 8-ups. (Note: subject to change).
• Seminar slides.