Fundamentals of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

by Merrill, Ray M.

• ISBN13: 9781449667535
• ISBN10: 1449667538
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-05-21
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Summary

This book will familiarize students with basic principles of epidemiology and biostatistics. Designed for use in a single course, it will clarify the distinct ion and complementary roles of epidemiology and biostatistics in a range of settings, and train students on the complementary roles epidemiology and biostatistics play in carrying out selected activities in the health professions. After completing this book, the student should be able to: Describe epidemiological methods and study designs Select appropriate methodologies for epidemiological investigation Use the epidemiological process to address health care problems Evaluate environmental epidemiology and population surveillance Describe epidemiological measures of health Distinguish the roles and relationships between epidemiology and statistics Combine appropriate epidemiological concepts and statistical measures Calculate probabilities and conditional probabilities of health-related events

Table of Contents

A HeadAbout the Author
Preface
Chapter1 Introduction
Chapter2 Data and Descriptive Measures
Chapter3 Standardizing Rates
Chapter4 Describing Data with Graphs
Chapter5 Life Tables
Chapter6 Probability
Chapter7 Random Variables and Probability Distributions
Chapter8 Estimation and Hypothesis Testing
Chapter9 Sample Size
Chapter10 Study Designs
Chapter11 Statistical Measures of Association among Variables
Chapter12 Experimental Studies
Chapter13 Survival Analysis
Chapter14 Cause and Effect
AppendixA SAS Procedure Code
AppendixB Tables
AppendixC Model Building
AppendixD Answers to Exercises