Statistical Methods in Epidemiology

by Harold A. Kahn, Christopher T. Sempos, Christopher T Sempos

Book Overview

This book is an expanded version of the Kahn's widely used text, An Introduction to Epidemiologic Methods (Oxford, 1983). It provides clear insight into the basic statistical tools used in epidemiology and is written so that those without advanced statistical training can comprehend the ideas underlying the analytical techniques. The authors emphasize the extent to which similar results are obtained from different methods, both simple and complex...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195050495
• ISBN13: 9780195050493
• Release Date: August 1989
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

good

for medical students or those which start to study epidemiology and public health professionals, very good simple book

nice introductory level text

The authors are reputable epidemiologists who have written a concise and clear elementary treatment of the statistical methods that are used in epidemiology. The book is very practical and includes some major real data sets. The authors spend a lot of time covering random sampling, the relative risk and the odds ratio and provide enough exercises at the end of the chapters to engage the students. This is a great text for a first course or for self-study. It also is a fine reference book for statisticians and practitioners.

Kahn and Sempos

What we like. Comprehensive, concise, and clear. Fills the VOID left by other epidemiology analysis texts and the statistics not calculated by SPSS and SAS. Our constant companion in each epidemiology research task. What we do not like. More information on regression analysis in the next edition please.