American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 155, No. 5 : 485-486
Copyright © 2002 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health
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Epidemiologic Analysis: A Case-Oriented Approach
Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205
Dr. Steve Selvin's latest book (1
) aims to bridge an existing gap by demonstrating how "efficient and effective" statistical methods can be when applied to epidemiologic problems. Using a novel case-series approach (perhaps unique among epidemiologic methods texts), he details in 16 autonomous chapters a wide variety of analyses that typically arise in epidemiologic research, including comparisons of groups and a variety of regression modeling techniques (using parametric
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