05482nam 2200733 a 450 991014624830332120170809173126.01-118-62561-71-280-36624-997866103662480-470-30894-X0-471-45861-90-471-44542-8(CKB)1000000000019122(EBL)468725(OCoLC)85820133(SSID)ssj0000310308(PQKBManifestationID)11235352(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000310308(PQKBWorkID)10288634(PQKB)11311876(MiAaPQ)EBC468725(PPN)157930912(EXLCZ)99100000000001912220021021d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrStatistical methods for rates and proportions[electronic resource]3rd ed.Hoboken, N.J. J. Wileyc20031 online resource (798 p.)Wiley series in probability and statisticsDescription based upon print version of record.0-471-52629-0 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Statistical Methods for Rates and Proportions THIRD EDITION; Contents; Preface; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; 1. An Introduction to Applied Probability; 1.1. Notation and Definitions; 1.2. The Rule of Total Probability; 1.3. The Evaluation of a Screening Test; 1.4. Biases Resulting from the Study of Selected Samples; Problems; References; 2. Statistical Inference for a Single Proportion; 2.1. Exact Inference for a Single Proportion: Hypothesis Tests; 2.2. Exact Inference for a Single Proportion: Interval Estimation2.2.1. Definition of an Exact Confidence Interval2.2.2. A Fundamental Property of Confidence Intervals; 2.3. Using the F Distribution; 2.4. Approximate Inference for a Single Proportion; 2.4.1. Hypothesis Tests; 2.4.2. Confidence Intervals; 2.5. Sample Size for a One-Sample Study; 2.5.1. Sample Size for Hypothesis Tests; 2.5.2. Sample Size for Confidence Intervals; 2.6.* Standard Errors by the Delta Method; 2.7.* Alternative Definitions of Two-Sided P-Values and Confidence Intervals; 2.7.1. The Point Probability Method; 2.7.2. The Tail Probability Method; 2.7.3. The Likelihood Ratio Method2.7.4. Some Concluding RemarksProblems; References; 3. Assessing Significance in a Fourfold Table; 3.1. Methods for Generating a Fourfold Table; 3.2. ""Exact"" Analysis of a Fourfold Table; 3.3. Yates' Correction for Continuity; 3.4. One-Tailed versus Two-Tailed Tests; 3.5. A Simple Confidence Interval for the Difference between Two Independent Proportions; 3.6. An Alternative Critical Ratio Test; Problems; References; 4. Determining Sample Sizes Needed to Detect a Difference between Two Proportions; 4.1. Specifying a Difference Worth Detecting4.2. The Mathematics of Sample Size Determination4.3. Using the Sample Size Tables; 4.4. Unequal Sample Sizes; 4.5. Some Additional Uses of the Tables; 4.6. Some Additional Comments; Problems; References; 5. How to Randomize; 5.1. Selecting a Simple Random Sample; 5.2. Randomization in a Clinical Trial; 5.3. Variations on Simple Randomization; References; 6. Comparative Studies: Cross-sectional, Naturalistic, or Multinomial Sampling; 6.1. Some Hypothetical Data; 6.2. Measures of Association Derived from X(2); 6.3. The Odds Ratio and Its Logarithm6.4. Exact Inference for an Odds Ratio: Hypothesis Tests6.5. Exact Inference for an Odds Ratio: Confidence Intervals; 6.6. Approximate Inference for an Odds Ratio; 6.6.1. Hypothesis Tests; 6.6.2. Confidence Intervals; 6.6.3.* A Confidence Interval Method to Be Avoided; 6.7. Criticisms of the Odds Ratio; 6.8. Attributable Risk; 6.9.* Standard Errors for Measures of Association; Problems; References; 7. Comparative Studies: Prospective and Retrospective Sampling; 7.1. Prospective Studies; 7.2. Retrospective Studies; 7.3. Estimating Attributable Risk from Retrospective Studies7.4. The Retrospective Approach versus the Prospective Approach""This book is to be recommended as a standard shelf reference . . . and as a 'must' to be read by all who wish to better use and understand data involving dichotomous or dichotomizable measurements.""-American Journal of Psychiatry In the two decades since the second edition of Statistical Methods for Rates and Proportions was published, evolving technologies and new methodologies have significantly changed the way today's statistics are viewed and handled. The explosive development of personal computing and statistical software has facilitated the sophisticated analysis oWiley series in probability and statistics.Analysis of varianceSampling (Statistics)BiometryAnalysis of variance.Sampling (Statistics)Biometry.519.5519.538Fleiss Joseph L102814Levin Bruce A877330Paik Myunghee Cho695406MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910146248303321Statistical methods for rates and proportions1959095UNINA