Statistical Thinking in Epidemiology

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"There are extensive references to the literature, both in statistics and in medicine. This is a demanding text, not mathematically but for the subtlety of the issues canvassed, some of which remain controversial. Should any reader come to this text thinking that the interpretation of regression results is a simple matter, they will be quickly disabused."-International Statistical Review, 2013"The graphical explanations proposed are quite convincing and these tools should be more exploited in s…

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Full title :Statistical Thinking in Epidemiology.

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Publication Date:©2012.
Edition:1st ed

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Publisher(s):CRC Press
Place of Publication:Boca Raton
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2012.

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Description:1 online resource (217 pages)

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ISBN:9781420099928, 1420099922
oclc:on1058487248
LC Classification:RA652.2.M3 ǂb T8 2012eb
Dewey Decimal:614.407/27

Front Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Introduction -- Chapter 2 -- Vector Geometry of Linear Models for Epidemiologists -- Chapter 3 -- Path Diagrams and Directed Acyclic Graphs -- Chapter 4 -- Mathematical Coupling and Regression to the Mean in the Relation between Change and Initial Value -- Chapter 5 -- Analysis of Change in Pre-/Post-Test Studies -- Chapter 6 -- Collinearity and Multicollinearity -- Chapter 7 -- Is 'Reversal Paradox' a Paradox? -- Chapter 8 -- Testing Statistical Interaction -- Chapter 9 -- Finding Growth Trajectories in Lifecourse Research -- Chapter 10 -- Partial Least Squares Regression for Lifecourse Research -- Chapter 11 -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Back Cover.

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