Statistics for Epidemiology
Publisher: Chapman & Hall/CRC
Published: August 26, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9781584884330
Subjects: Epidemiology & medical statistics; Statistical methods; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Biostatistics; Probability & Statistics - General; Medical / Epidemiology; Epidemiology; Administration
First sentence: In this book we describe the collection and analysis of data that speak to relationships between the occurrence of diseases and various descriptive characteristics of individuals in a population.
Description: 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 compare the interpretations that emerge from varying approaches.