Biostatistics and Epidemiology A Primer for Health Professionals /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wassertheil-Smoller, Sylvia. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 1995.
Edición:2nd ed. 1995.
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2424-0
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The Scientific Method
  • 2. A Little Bit of Probability
  • 3. Mostly about Statistics
  • 4. Mostly about Epidemiology
  • 5. Mostly about Screening
  • 6. Mostly about Clinical Trials
  • 7. Mostly about Quality of Life
  • Postscript A Few Parting Comments on the Impact of Epidemiology on Human Lives
  • Appendix A Critical Values of Chi-Square, Z, and t
  • Appendix B Fisher’s Exact Test
  • Appendix C Kruskal-Wallis Nonparametric Test to Compare Several Groups
  • Appendix D How to Calculate a Correlation Coefficient
  • Appendix E Age-Adjustment
  • Appendix F Confidence Limits on Odds Ratios
  • Appendix G Determining Appropriateness of Change Scores
  • References
  • Suggested Readings.