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Overview
Based on Kahn's "An Introduction to Epidemiological Methods", this book has been expanded, especially on the comparison of numerical results for various methods of adjustment and the primacy of data collection.
Book details
Format: Paperback
Pages: 308 pages
Height: 234mm
Width: 156mm
Weight: 500g
ISBN: 9780195050493 (0195050495)
Publication date: 26 October 1989
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Country of publication: United States
Specialty: Epidemiology & medical statistics, Numerical analysis
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This book is based on Kahn's An Introduction to Epidemiological Methods (OUP, 1983). As the title change indicates, its discussion of the statistical concepts and methods that are fundamental to epidemiology has been substantially expanded. New material has been added throughout and there are two new chapters - 'Comparison of Numerical Results for Various methods of Adjustment' and 'The Primacy of Data Collection' - as well as an appendix of data from the Framingham Heart Study.
Contents
Review of selected elementary statistics;
Random sampling;
Relative risk and odds ratio;
Attributable risk;
Adjustment of data without use of multivariate models;
Adjustment of data using multivariate models;
Follow-up studies: life tables;
Follow-up studies: person years;
Comparison of numerical results for various methods of adjustment;
The primacy of data collection.
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