Biostatistics and Epidemiology: A Primer for Health ProfessionalsBiostatistics and Epidemiology/A Primer for Health Professionals offers practical guidelines and gives a concise framework for research and interpretation in the field. In addition to major sections covering statistics and epidemiology, the book includes a comprehensive exploration of scientific methodology, probability, and the clinical trial. The principles and methods described in this book are basic and apply to all medical subspecialties, psychology and education. The primer will be especially useful to public health officials and students looking for an understandable treatment of the subject. |
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A LITTLE BIT OF PROBABILITY | 13 |
MOSTLY ABOUT STATISTICS | 18 |
Between Two Means | 38 |
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40 year olds 9th month age-adjusted rates alternate hypothesis average calculate cardiovascular disease case-control study chance cholesterol clinical trial cohort comparison confidence interval confidence limits confounding variable control group coronary correlation coefficient critical value cross-sectional death rates degrees of freedom denominator diastolic blood pressure diet drug group effect epidemiology estimate event example false-positive Figure heart attack heart disease hematocrit high blood pressure hypertension incidence rate independent variables individuals inferences longitudinal lung cancer measure mmHg mortality rate non-diseased null hypothesis observed obtained patients persons placebo population mean positive test predictive value prevalence proportion prospective studies randomization regression reject the null relationship relative risk risk factor sample mean scores Section sensitivity significance level small trial smoking specificity standard deviation standard error standard population statistical Suppose Survival analysis surviving t-test theory toss total number treatment two-tail test Type I error value of chi-square Y₁