Biostatistical methods in epidemiology
By: Stephen C. Newman
Series: Wiley series in probability and statistics
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
Subjects: Epidemiology -- Statistical methods; Cohort analysis
Notes: "A Wiley-Interscience publication."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-375) and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Measurement issues in epidemiology; title: Binomial methods for single sample closed cohort data; title: Odds ratio methods for unstratified closed cohort data; title: Odds ratio methods for stratified closed cohort data; title: Risk ratio methods for closed cohort data; title: Risk difference methods for closed cohort data; title: Survival analysis; title: Kaplan-Meier and actuarial methods for censored survival data; title: Poisson methods for censored survival data; title: Odds ratio methods for case-control data; title: Standardized rates and age-period-cohort analysis; title: Life tables; title: Sample size and power; title: Logistic regression and cox regression. Appendix A. Odds ratio inequality; title: Appendix B. Maximum likelihood theory; title: Appendix C. Hypergeometric and conditional poisson distributions; title: Appendix D. Quadratic equation for the odds ratio; title: Appendix E. Matrix identities and inequalities; title: Appendix F. Survival analysis and life tables; title: Appendix G. Confounding in open cohort and case-control studies; title: Appendix H. Odds ratio estimate in a matched case-control study