By the end of this module you should be able to:
Understand the basic theory of point processes
Use -function methods to analyse point process data
Understand and use methods for testing for spatial clustering of spatial case-control data
Explain ecological bias and its effect on environmental epidemiological studies
Analyse spatial count data using Poisson regression
Understand and use models for analysing disease risk in relation to a point source
Distinguish between different types of spatial data and choose appropriate methods of statistical analysis accordingly