Stephen C. Newman

Biostatistical Methods in Epidemiology

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Statistical Methods in Epidemiological Research" - Dieser Band beschäftigt sich mit den Konzepten, Methoden und Anwendungen der allgemeinen Biostatistik für Epidemiologen. Er konzentriert sich auf die Analyse der beiden Haupttypen epidemiologischer Studien: die Kohorten- und die Fallstudie. Autor Stephen Newman erläutert hier die wichtigsten biostatistischen Methoden und vermittelt damit das erforderliche Grundlagenwissen für die Analyse komplexer epidemiologischer Daten in der Praxis. Die jeweiligen statistischen Verfahren werden anhand von Rechenbeispielen zu aktuellen Daten anschaulich und praxisorientiert erläutert. Mit umfangreichem statistischem Hintergrundmaterial.

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Produktdetails

• Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. August 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 688g
• ISBN-13: 9780471369141
• ISBN-10: 0471369144
• Artikelnr.: 10075264

Autorenporträt

Kurt's professional journey spans continents and industries, with a proven record of delivering outstanding results for companies ranging from small enterprises to multinational organisations across Australia, the Middle East, Europe, and Asia. His strategic ability has consistently driven sales revenue growth, achieving remarkable increases ranging from 10% to 56%.Recognized as a sales expert, Kurt has achieved major sales awards across five distinct industries. His capability extends to different sales environments, encompassing new product sales; consultative sales; relationship-driven sales, and the competitive field of retail. In the year 2000, Kurt established Sales Consultants an organisation committed to improving sales performance for its client organisations. To share his wisdom, he has written over 80 sales articles that resonate with both his social media followers and readers of traditional media publications. Kurt is the author of 21 Timeless Insights for Sales Success. His latest book, The Most Unlikely Salesperson has attracted comments including 'engaging' 'relatable' 'insightful' 'practical' and 'funny'. This one-of-a-kind book is a narrative on actual sales and sales strategy situations from retail to board of directors, tangible to intangible products and services.Kurt's commitment to lifelong learning is exemplary, having pursued part-time studies for over two decades to deepen his understanding of business dynamics, and human behaviour. He was the Founding Director and Chair of the Southern Highlands Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ltd. Under his visionary leadership, the organisation achieved the prestigious State Chamber of the Year award in 2015 outperforming 270 chambers. A new benchmark was created by being the first business chamber to achieve the award in less than 2 years.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction.
Measurement Issues in Epidemiology.
Binomial Methods for Single Sample Closed Cohort Data.
Odds Ratio Methods for Unstratified Closed Cohort Data.
Odds Ratio Methods for Stratified Closed Cohort Data.
Risk Ratio Methods for Closed Cohort Data.
Risk Difference Methods for Closed Cohort Data.
Survival Analysis.
Kaplan-Meier and Actuarial Methods for Censored Survival Data.
Poisson Methods for Censored Survival Data.
Odds Ratio Methods for Case-Control Data.
Standardized Rates and Age-Period-Cohort Analysis.
Life Tables.
Sample Size and Power.
Logistic Regression and Cox Regression.
Appendix A: Odds Ratio Inequality.
Appendix B: Maximum Likelihood Theory.
Appendix C: Hypergeometric and Conditional Poisson Distributions.
Appendix D: Quadratic Equation for the Odds Ratio.
Appendix E: Matrix Identities and Inequalities.
Appendix F: Survival Analysis and Life Tables.
Appendix G: Confounding in Open Cohort and Case-Control Studies.
Appendix H: Odds Ratio Estimate in a Matched Case-Control Study.
References.
Index.

Rezensionen

"...besides being a reference book (it)...includes an interesting reading matter..." (Statistics in Medicine, Vol.23, No.23, 15th December 2004)

"Introduces methods used to analyze epidemiologic data, with a focus on non-regression techniques." (SciTech Book News, Vol. 25, No. 4, December 2001)

"...well suited as an introductory text.... I also recommend this book to practitioners...students, health professionals and epidemiologists...all these groups will find it useful." (Statistical Methods in Medical Research, Vol. 11, No. 1, 2002)

"This book has much to recommend it...a useful resource on basic techniques and a supplement to other texts for an intermediate-level audience." (Epidemiology, Vol. 13, No. 3, May 2002)

"offers a very thorough presentation....profuse and excellent illustrations." (Technometrics, Vol. 44, No. 3, August 2002)

"...both a pleasure to read and an excellent reference...researchers and students alike will benefit from having this book on their shelves..." (Journal of the American Statistical Association, March 2003)

"Introduces methods used to analyze epidemiologic data, with a focus on non-regression techniques." (SciTech Book News, Vol. 25, No. 4, December 2001) "This book has much to recommend it...a useful resource on basic techniques and a supplement to other texts for an intermediate-level audience." (Epidemiology, Vol. 13, No. 3, May 2002)