How did freezes on non-essential medical care during the COVID-19 pandemic affect health outcomes for people with chronic diseases? How do state mask requirements affect the spread of COVID-19? At a time of record unemployment how does unemployment insurance affect food insecurity? In the wake of the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, how do police killings of unarmed civilians affect mental health? In this course, you will learn quantitative methods concepts that underlie how we ask and answer these types of causal questions. We and will learn by conducting statistical analyses using real-world health datasets. The course will emphasize concepts including how to ask important questions, the assumptions that go into different statistical approaches, how to conduct statistical analyses, how to interpret and present results, and the limitations of each approach. The principal goal of this course is to prepare you to ask important questions and to use quantitative methods to answer them. The assignments are designed to support your knowledge and understanding. Your understanding and participation is critical to the success of the course. I encourage you to ask questions for your own benefit and that of your peers.

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