November

Measurement of Association and Effect

1. Risk

2. Odds

3. Number Needed to Treat or Harm

4. Hazard

Content Outline Learning Objectives:

• Understand how to interpret relative risk and absolute risk

• Understand how to interpret odds ratio

• Understand how to interpret number needed to treat or harm

• Understand how to interpret hazard ratio

Supplemental Reading:

Intuitive Biostatistics (4th Edition) Chapters: 2, 5, 27-29, 42

Classic article:

QUIZ: