Statistical thinking in epidemiology

by Tu, Yu-Kang

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Full title :Statistical thinking in epidemiology / by Yu-Kang Tu, Mark S. Gilthorpe.

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Publication Date:2010.

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Publisher(s):Chapman & Hall/CRC
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2010.

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Description:1 online resource

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ISBN:9781420099928, 1420099922, 9781420099911, 1420099914, 1306135435, 9781306135436
oclc:ocn743298264
LC Classification:RA652.2.M3
Dewey Decimal:614.4015195

Introduction; Uses of Statistics in Medicine and Epidemiology; Structure and Objectives of This Book; Nomenclature in This Book; Glossary; ; Vector Geometry of Linear Models for Epidemiologists ; Introduction; Basic Concepts of Vector Geometry in Statistics; Correlation and Simple Regression in Vector Geometry; Linear Multiple Regression in Vector Geometry; Significance Testing of Correlation and Simple Regression in Vector Geometry; Significance Testing of Multiple Regression in Vector Geometry; Summary; ; Path Diagrams and Directed Acyclic Graphs ; Introduction; Path Diagrams; Directed Acyclic Graphs; Direct and Indirect Effects; Summary; ; Mathematical Coupling and Regression to the Mean in the Relation between Change and Initial Value ; Introduction; Historical Background; Why Should Change Not Be Regressed on Initial Value? A Review of the Problem; Proposed

Solutions in the Literature; Comparison between Oldham's Method and Blomqvist's Formula; Oldham's Method and Blomqvist's Formula Answer Two Different Questions; What Is Galton's Regression to the Mean?; Testing the Correct Null Hypothesis; Evaluation of the Categorisation Approach; Testing the Relation between Changes and…