Prerequisites: graduate standing; STAT 160C, STAT 171, or equivalents or consent of instructor
Description: An introduction to statistical methods for detecting and monitoring disease outbreaks. Focuses on the methods currently in use and the latest developments in literature. Includes univariate and multivariate temporal methods, as well as spatio-temporal methods. Normally graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC), but students may petition the instructor for a letter grade on the basis of assigned extra work or examination.