Quantitative methods for health research : a practical interactive guide to epidemiology and statistics /
By: Bruce, Nigel.
Contributor(s): Pope, Daniel | Stanistreet, Debbi.
Publisher: Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, c2008Description: xiii, 538 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0470022744 (hbk. : alk. paper); 9780470022740:; 0470022752 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780470022740 (hbk. : alk. paper); 9780470022757 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Medicine -- Research -- Methodology
| Health surveys -- Methodology | Health -- Research -- Methodology | Epidemiology -- Research | Epidemiology -- Research -- Methodology | Public health -- Methodology | Quantitative research | StatisticsDDC classification: 362.10724 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [527]-528) and index.
Philosophy of science and introduction to epidemiology -- Routine data sources and descriptive epidemiology -- Standardisation -- Surveys -- Cohort studies -- Case-control studies -- Intervention studies -- Life tables, survival analysis, and Cox regression -- Systematic reviews and meta analysis -- Prevention strategies and evaluation of screening -- Probability distributions, hypothesis testing, and Bayesian methods.
An introduction to epidemiology, biostatistics, and research methodology for the whole health care community, this text covers important health research methods such as survival analysis, Cox regression and meta-analysis.