Study Guide to Epidemiology and Biostatistics

by Hebel, J. Richard; McCarter, Robert J.

• ISBN13: 9781449604752
• ISBN10: 1449604757
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-07-19
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

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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