Epidemiology

Highly praised for its broad, practical coverage, the second edition of this popular text incorporated the major statistical models and issues relevant to epidemiological studies. Epidemiology: Study Design and Data Analysis, Third Edition continues to focus on the quantitative aspects of epidemiological research. Updated and expanded, this edition shows students how statistical principles and techniques can help solve epidemiological problems.

New to the Third Edition

• New chapter on risk scores and clinical decision rules
• New chapter on computer-intensive methods, including the bootstrap, permutation tests, and missing value imputation
• New sections on binomial regression models, competing risk, information criteria, propensity scoring, and splines
• Many more exercises and examples using both Stata and SAS
• More than 60 new figures

After introducing study design and review