Statistics for Epidemiology Pdf

Book Detail
Edition: 1
Release: 2003-08-26
Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN/ASIN: 1584884339
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB

Statistics for Epidemiology pdf
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Statistical ideas have been integral to the development of epidemiology and continue to provide the tools needed to interpret epidemiological studies. Although epidemiologists do not need a highly mathematical background in statistical theory to conduct and interpret such studies, they do need more than an encyclopedia of "recipes." Statistics for Epidemiology achieves just the right balance between the two approaches, building an intuitive understanding of the methods most important to practitioners and the skills to use them effectively. It develops the techniques for analyzing simple risk factors and disease data, with step-by-step extensions that include the use of binary regression. It covers the logistic regression model in detail and contrasts it with the Cox model for time-to-incidence data. The author uses a few simple case studies to guide readers from elementary analyses to more complex regression modeling. Following these examples through several chapters makes it easy to c Download Statistics for Epidemiology for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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