Nicholas P. Jewell (University of California, Berkeley, USA)

Statistics for Epidemiology

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Statistical ideas have been integral to the development of epidemiology and continue to provide the tools needed to interpret epidemiological studies. This title develops the techniques for analyzing simple risk factors and disease data. It covers the logistic regression model and contrasts it with the Cox model for time-to-incidence data.

Produktdetails

• Chapman & Hall/CRC Texts in Statistical Science
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 154mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 652g
• ISBN-13: 9781584884330
• ISBN-10: 1584884339
• Artikelnr.: 22765472

Autorenporträt

Nicholas P. Jewell

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Measures of Disease Occurrence. The Role of Probability on
Observational Studies. Measures of Disease-Exposure Association. Study
Designs. Assessing Significance in a 2 x 2 Table. Estimation and Inference
for Measures of Association. Causal Inference and Extraneous Factors:
Confounding and Interaction. Control of Extraneous Factors. Interaction.
Exposures at Several Discrete Levels. Regression Models Relating Exposure
to Disease. Estimation of Logistic Regression Model Parameters. Confounding
and Interaction Within Logistic Regression Mode. Epilogue - the Examples.