Study Guide to Epidemiology and Biostatistics
by Hebel, J. Richard; McCarter, Robert J.Edition: 7th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2011-07-19
Publisher(s): Jones & Bartlett Learning
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Summary
Help your students understand some of the most elusive fundamentals of epidemiology and biostatistics with this fully updated revision of the bestselling study guide to Epidemiology and Biostatistics. The Seventh Edition offers expanded chapters as well as coverage of a number of new topics that have become prevalent in the medical literature.New or Expanded Sections on:- Receiver-operator curve analysis to improve sensitivity/specificity- The power of a statistical test- One-tailed P values- Comparison-wise significance levels versus study-wise significance levels- Confidence interval and its relationship to statistical significance- Meta-analysis with current methods for assessing heterogeneity and the potential for publication bias- The use of propensity scoring to reduce bias in non-experimental studies
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. vii |
| Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| How To Use This Book | p. xi |
| To the Student | p. xi |
| To the Instructor | p. xi |
| Goals and Objectives | p. xiii |
| Goals | p. xiii |
| Objectives | p. xiii |
| Investigation of an Epidemic | p. 1 |
| Objectives Covered | p. 1 |
| Study Notes | p. 1 |
| Exercises: An Outbreak of Hepatitis in a Rural Community | p. 6 |
| Measures of Mortality | p. 17 |
| Objectives Covered | p. 17 |
| Study Notes | p. 17 |
| Exercises | p. 21 |
| Incidence and Prevalence | p. 23 |
| Objectives Covered | p. 23 |
| Study Notes | p. 23 |
| Exercises | p. 25 |
| Measures of Risk | p. 29 |
| Objectives Covered | p. 29 |
| Study Notes | p. 29 |
| Exercises | p. 34 |
| Self-Assessment 1 | p. 37 |
| Biological Variability | p. 45 |
| Objectives Covered | p. 45 |
| Study Notes | p. 45 |
| Exercises | p. 49 |
| Probability | p. 53 |
| Objectives Covered | p. 53 |
| Study Notes | p. 53 |
| Exercises | p. 56 |
| Screening | p. 59 |
| Objectives Covered | p. 59 |
| Study Notes | p. 59 |
| Exercises | p. 66 |
| Sampling | p. 69 |
| Objectives Covered | p. 69 |
| Study Notes | p. 69 |
| Exercises | p. 70 |
| Statistical Significance | p. 75 |
| Objectives Covered | p. 75 |
| Study Notes | p. 75 |
| Exercises | p. 81 |
| Correlation | p. 87 |
| Objectives Covered | p. 87 |
| Study Notes | p. 87 |
| Exercises | p. 91 |
| Multiple Regression | p. 95 |
| Objectives Covered | p. 95 |
| Study Notes | p. 95 |
| Exercises | p. 99 |
| Self-Assessment 2 | p. 101 |
| Case-Control (Retrospective) Studies | p. 109 |
| Objectives Covered | p. 109 |
| Study Notes | p. 109 |
| Exercises | p. 116 |
| Cohort (Prospective) Studies | p. 119 |
| Objectives Covered | p. 119 |
| Study Notes | p. 119 |
| Exercises | p. 125 |
| Randomized Clinical Trials | p. 127 |
| Objectives Covered | p. 127 |
| Study Notes | p. 127 |
| Exercises | p. 130 |
| Survival Analysis | p. 133 |
| Objectives Covered | p. 133 |
| Study Notes | p. 133 |
| Exercises | p. 138 |
| Association and Causation | p. 141 |
| Objectives Covered | p. 141 |
| Study Notes | p. 141 |
| Exercises | p. 146 |
| Keys to Understanding Articles on Epidemiologic Studies | p. 149 |
| Objectives Covered | p. 149 |
| Study Notes | p. 149 |
| Exercises | p. 158 |
| Self-Assessment 3 | p. 161 |
| Exercise Answers | p. 169 |
| Self-Assessment Final | p. 187 |
| Self-Assessment Answers | p. 201 |
| Glossary | p. 203 |
| Index | p. 207 |
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