(eBook PDF) Quantitative Methods for Health Research: A Practical Interactive Guide to Epidemiology and Statistics 2nd Edition

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Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781118665411
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1118665411
• Author: Nigel Bruce, Daniel Pope, Debbi Stanistreet

This comprehensive text, which has been extensively revised with new material and additional topics, utilizes a practical slant to introduce health professionals and students to epidemiology, biostatistics, and research methodology. It draws examples from a wide range of topics, covering all of the main contemporary health research methods, including survival analysis, Cox regression, and systematic reviews and meta-analysis―the explanation of which go beyond introductory concepts. This second edition of Quantitative Methods for Health Research: A Practical Interactive Guide to Epidemiology and Statistics also helps develop critical skills that will prepare students to move on to more advanced and specialized methods.

Table contents:

1 Philosophy of Science and Introduction to Epidemiology

2 Routine Data Sources and Descriptive Epidemiology

3 Standardisation

4 Surveys

5 Cohort Studies

6 Case–Control Studies

7 Intervention Studies

8 Life Tables, Survival Analysis, and Cox Regression

9 Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis

10 Prevention Strategies and Evaluation of Screening

11 Probability Distributions, Hypothesis Testing, and Bayesian Methods

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