Regression Analysis 2025

Regression Analysis 2025 is organized by LUMC Boerhaave Continuing Medical Education (CME) and will be held from Mar 03 - 07, 2025 at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands.

Description:
The course discusses the objectives and methodological foundations of a number of commonly used regression methodologies in biomedical research from a practical perspective. In short: what is regression (in terms of assumptions made on data), what is it for (which objectives), when can we use it (or not), how can we interpret results from it (and when not).

It is important to understand that while the course has an applied flavor and aims to instill a greater awareness of the nature and uses of regression methodology in practical research, it does not teach or instruct on fully worked out analysis plans. That would be impossible to achieve in any case, given the huge diversity of regression applications in biomedical research. Neither is the course a fully-fledged theoretical statistics instruction on regression methods, nor does it aim to teach regression software.

Instead the courses teaches the general knowledge of regression methodology that can be combined in real-life research to answer questions you may have.

The focus is on linear and logistic regression models, although other models, like Poisson models or non-linear regression models for continuous data will also be discussed.

Included topics are:

• Simple linear regression
• Multiple linear regression
• Variance and covariance analysis (using a regression approach)
• Adjustments for confounding
• Interaction, polynomial and other non linear regression models
• Logistic regression
• Goodness-of-fit
• Multivariate modeling
• Conditional logistic regression
• Generalized linear regression models
• The building of prediction models