Study Guide to Epidemiology And Biostatistics

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

• ISBN13: 9780763734916
• ISBN10: 0763734918
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-30
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett

Summary

Perfect for graduate and undergraduate students, this book helps the reader understand some of the most elusive fundamentals of epidemiology and biostatistics. The sixth edition has been thoroughly revised and further clarifies difficult concepts such as person-time incidence rates, confounding, effect modification, P values, and survival analysis. The authors have also covered new topics that are increasingly seen in current literature such as attributable risk, The use of odds And The application of probabilistic concepts in epidemiology, The reliability of screening tests, and longitudinal regression models.   Features: 46 objectives, expressed in behavioral terms, cite the concepts to be learned And The level at which students are expected to perform A final chapter which introduces a systematic procedure to aid the student in the evaluation of health science articles Study Notes, which can be used as the sole source of input to cover the material or used to supplement attendance at a lecture series Chapter Exercises, which encourage students to immediately use their newly acquired knowledge, and thus improve retention through practice Multiple Choice Examinations, which have the same scope and are on the same level that students may expect to encounter in professional examinations

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
How To Use This Book	xi
To the Student	xi
To the Instructor	xi
Goals and Objectives	xiii
Goals	xiii
Objectives	xiii
Investigation of an Epidemic	1	(16)
Objectives Covered	1	(1)
Study Notes	1	(5)
Exercises: An Outbreak of Hepatitis in a Rural Community	6	(11)
Measures of Mortality	17	(6)
Objectives Covered	17	(1)
Study Notes	17	(4)
Exercises	21	(2)
Incidence and Prevalence	23	(6)
Objectives Covered	23	(1)
Study Notes	23	(2)
Exercises	25	(4)
Measures of Risk	29	(16)
Objectives Covered	29	(1)
Study Notes	29	(5)
Exercises	34	(11)
Self-Assessment 1	37	(8)
Biological Variability	45	(8)
Objectives Covered	45	(1)
Study Notes	45	(4)
Exercises	49	(4)
Probability	53	(6)
Objectives Covered	53	(1)
Study Notes	53	(3)
Exercises	56	(3)
Screening	59	(8)
Objectives Covered	59	(1)
Study Notes	59	(6)
Exercises	65	(2)
Sampling	67	(6)
Objectives Covered	67	(1)
Study Notes	67	(1)
Exercises	68	(5)
Statistical Significance	73	(10)
Objectives Covered	73	(1)
Study Notes	73	(3)
Exercises	76	(7)
Correlation	83	(8)
Objectives Covered	83	(1)
Study Notes	83	(4)
Exercises	87	(4)
Multiple Regression	91	(14)
Objectives Covered	91	(1)
Study Notes	91	(4)
Exercises	95	(10)
Self-Assessment 2	97	(8)
Case-Control (Retrospective) Studies	105	(10)
Objectives Covered	105	(1)
Study Notes	105	(7)
Exercises	112	(3)
Cohort (Prospective) Studies	115	(8)
Objectives Covered	115	(1)
Study Notes	115	(6)
Exercises	121	(2)
Randomized Clinical Trials	123	(6)
Objective Covered	123	(1)
Study Notes	123	(3)
Exercises	126	(3)
Survival Analysis	129	(8)
Objectives Covered	129	(1)
Study Notes	129	(5)
Exercises	134	(3)
Association and Causation	137	(8)
Objectives Covered	137	(1)
Study Notes	137	(4)
Exercises	141	(4)
Keys to Understanding Articles on Epidemiologic Studies	145	(20)
Objectives Covered	145	(1)
Study Notes	145	(9)
Exercises	154	(11)
Self-Assessment 3	157	(8)
Exercise Answers	165	(18)
Self-Assessment Final	183	(14)
Answers to Self-Assessments	197	(2)
Glossary	199	(4)
Index	203