Introduction to Multilevel Modelling, May 2022
This course will be offered 9-20 May 2022 as a hybrid course, with local participants from the Atlantic Veterinary College and a
limited number of external online participants from the Canadian veterinary colleges only. The main course
instructors are Henrik Stryhn and Ian Dohoo, both from the Centre of
Veterinary Epidemiological Research, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Course description
The 10-day course is designed to provide participants with the knowledge
and skills required to successfully fit multilevel models to both
continuous data (linear models) and discrete data (emphasis on logistic
and Poisson models). The presentation of theoretical background material
is limited to that which is required for a reasonable understanding of
the methods employed. Specific topics covered in the course include:
introduction to multilevel/hierarchical data, mixed models for
continuous data, mixed models for discrete data, model evaluation
(diagnostics), analysis of repeated measures and alternative approaches
to dealing with clustered data (including Bayesian methods). The main
software used for the instruction is MLwiN, but the code for fitting
models in additional software packages (including Stata and R) will also
be provided.
The course allows both in-class and online participation, where the
former is restricted to local participants meeting UPEI’s conditions for
access to the campus. All live sessions of the course will be streamed online
by video-conferencing software, and all lectures and demonstrations will
be recorded and made available to participants. Additionally, all course
material will be accessible online. Live sessions will take place during
afternoons local time.
Further detailed information about the course is accessible at its
active webpage, accessible to course participants.
Registration
The following registration fees apply (amounts are in $Cdn and include taxes and administration fees):
- Student (you may be asked to provide proof of enrollment in a graduate program at a Canadian veterinary college): $550,
- Non-student (you may be asked to provide proof of employment at a Canadian veterinary college): $1000.
The course is full, and no further registration is expected.
For all inquiries, contact the primary course instructor (Henrik Stryhn, at hstryhn@upei.ca).
Henrik Stryhn
(hstryhn@upei.ca) 2022-05-02