piatok 25. januára 2008

webinars

http://www.beamyourscreen.com/EU/Welcome.aspx
beamyourscreen

SPSS for dummies

http://media.wiley.com/product_data/excerpt/48/04701134/0470113448.pdf

SPSS for dummies - 1st chapter- sample
by griffith

includes chapters on command syntax, Python , and VBS scripting.

štvrtok 24. januára 2008

python textbook

learning to progam PYTHON ale aj o VBScript a JavaScript by alan gauld
česky preklad !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
looks interesting, readable.



update How to Think Like a (Python) Programmer 2007
http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkPP.pdf
the update of the following book. ... by downey
How to Think Like a Computer Scientist 2002
Learning with Python
Allen Downey
Jerey Elkner
Chris Meyers


baldwin HTML - Python

streda 28. novembra 2007

nice articles

population-based case-control teratologic study of oral erythromycin treatment during pregnancy
hungarian authors, nice language. methods.

gwas, framingham

gwas for subclinical AS (IMT, CAC, AAI) - 100K, no genome wide significance

cf its related.
- echocardiography measurements, brachial endothelial function, stress ecgňň
- biomarkers
- hemostatic markers

matching

1. Q: to match or not to match?
A: it depends - what study design?
a) advantages
b) disadvantages

2. how to match - types of matching
a) frequency matching
b) individual

in case-control studies - Does the ratio case vs control 1:n matter? the more the better?

overmatching - cf twin studies?

terms:
counter-matching - *********counter-matching Langholz 2001, 2005
flexible matching
optimal ?
propensity score matching

matching in genetic association studies
- aim - to avoid population stratification ???
genomic control
admixture