A Study Guide to Epidemiology and

Required reading for students in medicine, nursing, public and community health, dentistry, pharmacy, and allied health sciences, A Study Guide to Epidemiology and Biostatistics contains clear and succinct explanations of complex topics. Successfully used by thousands of students, here's the one and only comprehensive study guide that will expose your students to all of the basic principles of epidemiology and biostatistics, help your students understand biostatistics and epidemiology without becoming bogged down in mathematical computation, and enable students and health professionals to intelligently read and appraise the health literature.

Preface

vii

Acknowledgments

ix

How to Use This Book

xi

To the Student

xi

To the Instructor

xi

Goals and Objectives

xiii

Goals

xiii

Objectives

xiii

Investigation of an Epidemic

1

(18)

Objectives Covered

1

(1)

Study Notes

1

(5)

Exercises: An Outbreak of Jaundice in a Rural Community

6

(10)

Exercise Answers

16

(3)

Measures of Mortality

19

(8)

Objectives Covered

19

(1)

Study Notes

19

(4)

Exercises

23

(2)

Exercises Answers

25

(2)

Incidence and Prevalence

27

(6)

Objectives Covered

27

(1)

Study Notes

27

(3)

Exercises

30

(1)

Exercise Answers

30

(3)

Measures of Risk

33

(14)

Objectives Covered

33

(1)

Study Notes

33

(3)

Exercises

36

(1)

Exercise Answers

37

(10)

Self-Assessment 1

39

(8)

Biological Variability

47

(10)

Objectives Covered

47

(1)

Study Notes

47

(4)

Exercises

51

(3)

Exercise Answers

54

(3)

Probability

57

(6)

Objectives Covered

57

(1)

Study Notes

57

(2)

Exercises

59

(2)

Exercise Answers

61

(2)

Screening

63

(10)

Objectives Covered

63

(1)

Study Notes

63

(4)

Exercises

67

(2)

Exercise Answers

69

(4)

Sampling

73

(6)

Objectives Covered

73

(1)

Study Notes

73

(2)

Exercises

75

(2)

Exercise Answers

77

(2)

Statistical Significance

79

(10)

Objectives Covered

79

(1)

Study Notes

79

(3)

Exercises

82

(3)

Exercise Answers

85

(4)

Correlation

89

(10)

Objectives Covered

89

(1)

Study Notes

89

(4)

Exercises

93

(3)

Exercise Answers

96

(3)

Multiple Regression

99

(16)

Objectives Covered

99

(1)

Study Notes

99

(4)

Exercises

103

(1)

Exercise Answers

104

(11)

Self-Assessment 2

107

(8)

Case-Control (Retrospective) Studies

115

(10)

Objectives Covered

115

(1)

Study Notes

115

(7)

Exercises

122

(1)

Exercise Answers

122

(3)

Cohort (Prospective) Studies

125

(10)

Objectives Covered

125

(1)

Study Notes

125

(6)

Exercises

131

(1)

Exercise Answers

132

(3)

Randomized Clinical Trials

135

(8)

Objective Covered

135

(1)

Study Notes

135

(3)

Exercises

138

(2)

Exercise Answers

140

(3)

Survival Analysis

143

(10)

Objectives Covered

143

(1)

Study Notes

143

(5)

Exercises

148

(2)

Exercise Answers

150

(3)

Association and Causation

153

(8)

Objectives Covered

153

(1)

Study Notes

153

(4)

Exercises

157

(2)

Exercise Answers

159

(2)

Keys to Understanding Articles on Epidemiologic Studies

161

(38)

Objectives Covered

161

(1)

Study Notes

161

(12)

Exercises

173

(2)

Exercise Answers

175

(24)

Self-Assessment 3

177

(8)

Self-Assessment Final

185

(14)

Answers to Self-Assessments

199

(2)

Glossary

201

(4)

Index

205

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A Study Guide to Epidemiology and Biostatistics

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