The 2004 NOSOVE meeting in Denmark
Subject	Analyses of repeated measures and hierarchical data by use of Mixed Models
Time	7-9 January 2004 (2½ days)
Place	Borrevejle Centret (www.borrevejlecenter.dk)   The "Borrevejle Centret" is located only 45 km from the center of Copenhagen. From the airport there is only a 30 minute train ride to Roskilde Station. from Roskilde station Taxis are probably the preferable transport. (Distance 12.2 km).   The "Borrevejle Centret" is situated in a recreational area known for it's natural beauty, close to Roskilde Fjord and near the historic centre of Lejre.
Price	The price is 4400 DKr for room, food and course materials. Lodging is in double rooms.
Teachers	Henrik Stryhn and Jette Christensen
Program	The course is an equal mix of lectures and practical computer exercises. The program can be found here
Target group	Ph.D.-students, researchers and others working with analyses of data with repeated measures and/or a hierarchical structure
Prerequisites	We recommend that participants have a working theoretical and practical knowledge of multiple linear regression and logistic regression, and we further recommend participants to be familiar  with the statistical package SAS (because no introductory sessions for SAS are included in the course). The computer exercises will use SAS Version 8.2. Participants are required to bring their own laptops. If SAS 8.2 is not on the computers, a copy will be installed for use in the course only.
Registration	A list of participants can be found here
Course responsible	Lis Alban and Annette Kjær Ersbøll
Additional Information	The course materials include handouts of slides, exercises and SAS-code for the exercises. The course will be based on the newly published book "Veterinary Epidemiologic Research" by  Ian Dohoo, Wayne Martin & Henrik Stryhn. This book is not included in the course fee. The course can be followed without the book, but for those wishing to obtain a copy, details can be found here Add-on material for the course can be found as a zip-file here: www.upei.ca/~hstryhn/nos04add.zip You can add the material onto the CD-Rom given at the course. Note that the file is an archive, that might require you to download a program like winzip (www.winzip.com) to unpack it.