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Statistics for epidemiology /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jewell, Nicholas R.
Other Authors: Jewell, Nicholas P., 1952-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, Fla. : Chapman & Hall/CRC, [2004]
Series:Texts in statistical science.
Subjects:
Epidemiology.
Epidemiologic Methods.
Statistics.
Table of Contents:
  • Measures of disease occurrence
  • The role of probability in observational studies
  • Measures of disease-exposure association
  • Study designs
  • Assessing significance in a 2x2 table
  • Estimation and inference for measures of association
  • Casual inference and extraneous factors : confounding and interaction
  • Control of extraneous factors
  • Interaction Exposure at several discrete levels
  • Regression models relating exposure to disease
  • Estimation of logistic regression model parameters
  • Confounding and interaction within logistic regression models
  • Goodness of fit tests for logistic regression models and model building
  • Matched studies
  • Alternatives and extensions to the logistic regression model
  • Epilogue : the examples