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Basic biostatistics for geneticists and epidemiologists [[electronic resource] ] : a practical approach / / Robert C. Elston, William D. Johnson
Basic biostatistics for geneticists and epidemiologists [[electronic resource] ] : a practical approach / / Robert C. Elston, William D. Johnson
Autore Elston Robert C. <1932->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Chichester, U.K., : John Wiley & Sons, 2008
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (385 p.)
Disciplina 570.15195
610.72
614.40727
Altri autori (Persone) JohnsonWilliam Davis <1941->
Soggetto topico Medical statistics
Medical genetics - Statistical methods
Epidemiology - Statistical methods
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 0-470-74078-7
1-282-34579-6
9786612345791
0-470-02491-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Basic Biostatistics for Geneticists and Epidemiologists; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 INTRODUCTION: THE ROLE AND RELEVANCE OF STATISTICS, GENETICS AND EPIDEMIOLOGY IN MEDICINE; Why Biostatistics?; What Exactly Is (Are) Statistics?; Reasons for Understanding Statistics; What Exactly is Genetics?; What Exactly is Epidemiology?; How Can a Statistician Help Geneticists and Epidemiologists?; Disease Prevention versus Disease Therapy; A Few Examples: Genetics, Epidemiology and Statistical Inference; Summary; References; 2 POPULATIONS, SAMPLES, AND STUDY DESIGN; The Study of Cause and Effect
Populations, Target Populations and Study UnitsProbability Samples and Randomization; Observational Studies; Family Studies; Experimental Studies; Quasi-Experimental Studies; Summary; Further Reading; Problems; 3 DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS; Why Do We Need Descriptive Statistics?; Scales of Measurement; Tables; Graphs; Proportions and Rates; Relative Measures of Disease Frequency; Sensitivity, Specificity and Predictive Values; Measures of Central Tendency; Measures of Spread or Variability; Measures of Shape; Summary; Further Reading; Problems; 4 THE LAWS OF PROBABILITY; Definition of Probability
The Probability of Either of Two Events: A or BThe Joint Probability of Two Events: A and B; Examples of Independence, Nonindependence and Genetic Counseling; Bayes' Theorem; Likelihood Ratio; Summary; Further Reading; Problems; 5 RANDOM VARIABLES AND DISTRIBUTIONS; Variability and Random Variables; Binomial Distribution; A Note about Symbols; Poisson Distribution; Uniform Distribution; Normal Distribution; Cumulative Distribution Functions; The Standard Normal (Gaussian) Distribution; Summary; Further Reading; Problems; 6 ESTIMATES AND CONFIDENCE LIMITS; Estimates and Estimators
Notation for Population Parameters, Sample Estimates, and Sample EstimatorsProperties of Estimators; Maximum Likelihood; Estimating Intervals; Distribution of the Sample Mean; Confidence Limits; Summary; Problems; 7 SIGNIFICANCE TESTS AND TESTS OF HYPOTHESES; Principle of Significance Testing; Principle of Hypothesis Testing; Testing a Population Mean; One-Sided versus Two-Sided Tests; Testing a Proportion; Testing the Equality of Two Variances; Testing the Equality of Two Means; Testing the Equality of Two Medians; Validity and Power; Summary; Further Reading; Problems
8 LIKELIHOOD RATIOS, BAYESIAN METHODS AND MULTIPLE HYPOTHESESLikelihood Ratios; Bayesian Methods; Bayes' Factors; Bayesian Estimates and Credible Intervals; The Multiple Testing Problem; Summary; Problems; 9 THE MANY USES OF CHI-SQUARE; The Chi-Square Distribution; Goodness-of-Fit Tests; Contingency Tables; Inference About the Variance; Combining p-Values; Likelihood Ratio Tests; Summary; Further Reading; Problems; 10 CORRELATION AND REGRESSION; Simple Linear Regression; The Straight-Line Relationship When There is Inherent Variability; Correlation; Spearman's Rank Correlation
Multiple Regression
Record Nr. UNINA-9910144520903321
Elston Robert C. <1932->  
Chichester, U.K., : John Wiley & Sons, 2008
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Basic biostatistics for geneticists and epidemiologists [[electronic resource] ] : a practical approach / / Robert C. Elston, William D. Johnson
Basic biostatistics for geneticists and epidemiologists [[electronic resource] ] : a practical approach / / Robert C. Elston, William D. Johnson
Autore Elston Robert C. <1932->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Chichester, U.K., : John Wiley & Sons, 2008
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (385 p.)
Disciplina 570.15195
610.72
614.40727
Altri autori (Persone) JohnsonWilliam Davis <1941->
Soggetto topico Medical statistics
Medical genetics - Statistical methods
Epidemiology - Statistical methods
ISBN 0-470-74078-7
1-282-34579-6
9786612345791
0-470-02491-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Basic Biostatistics for Geneticists and Epidemiologists; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 INTRODUCTION: THE ROLE AND RELEVANCE OF STATISTICS, GENETICS AND EPIDEMIOLOGY IN MEDICINE; Why Biostatistics?; What Exactly Is (Are) Statistics?; Reasons for Understanding Statistics; What Exactly is Genetics?; What Exactly is Epidemiology?; How Can a Statistician Help Geneticists and Epidemiologists?; Disease Prevention versus Disease Therapy; A Few Examples: Genetics, Epidemiology and Statistical Inference; Summary; References; 2 POPULATIONS, SAMPLES, AND STUDY DESIGN; The Study of Cause and Effect
Populations, Target Populations and Study UnitsProbability Samples and Randomization; Observational Studies; Family Studies; Experimental Studies; Quasi-Experimental Studies; Summary; Further Reading; Problems; 3 DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS; Why Do We Need Descriptive Statistics?; Scales of Measurement; Tables; Graphs; Proportions and Rates; Relative Measures of Disease Frequency; Sensitivity, Specificity and Predictive Values; Measures of Central Tendency; Measures of Spread or Variability; Measures of Shape; Summary; Further Reading; Problems; 4 THE LAWS OF PROBABILITY; Definition of Probability
The Probability of Either of Two Events: A or BThe Joint Probability of Two Events: A and B; Examples of Independence, Nonindependence and Genetic Counseling; Bayes' Theorem; Likelihood Ratio; Summary; Further Reading; Problems; 5 RANDOM VARIABLES AND DISTRIBUTIONS; Variability and Random Variables; Binomial Distribution; A Note about Symbols; Poisson Distribution; Uniform Distribution; Normal Distribution; Cumulative Distribution Functions; The Standard Normal (Gaussian) Distribution; Summary; Further Reading; Problems; 6 ESTIMATES AND CONFIDENCE LIMITS; Estimates and Estimators
Notation for Population Parameters, Sample Estimates, and Sample EstimatorsProperties of Estimators; Maximum Likelihood; Estimating Intervals; Distribution of the Sample Mean; Confidence Limits; Summary; Problems; 7 SIGNIFICANCE TESTS AND TESTS OF HYPOTHESES; Principle of Significance Testing; Principle of Hypothesis Testing; Testing a Population Mean; One-Sided versus Two-Sided Tests; Testing a Proportion; Testing the Equality of Two Variances; Testing the Equality of Two Means; Testing the Equality of Two Medians; Validity and Power; Summary; Further Reading; Problems
8 LIKELIHOOD RATIOS, BAYESIAN METHODS AND MULTIPLE HYPOTHESESLikelihood Ratios; Bayesian Methods; Bayes' Factors; Bayesian Estimates and Credible Intervals; The Multiple Testing Problem; Summary; Problems; 9 THE MANY USES OF CHI-SQUARE; The Chi-Square Distribution; Goodness-of-Fit Tests; Contingency Tables; Inference About the Variance; Combining p-Values; Likelihood Ratio Tests; Summary; Further Reading; Problems; 10 CORRELATION AND REGRESSION; Simple Linear Regression; The Straight-Line Relationship When There is Inherent Variability; Correlation; Spearman's Rank Correlation
Multiple Regression
Record Nr. UNINA-9910830580403321
Elston Robert C. <1932->  
Chichester, U.K., : John Wiley & Sons, 2008
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Basic biostatistics for geneticists and epidemiologists [[electronic resource] ] : a practical approach / / Robert C. Elston, William D. Johnson
Basic biostatistics for geneticists and epidemiologists [[electronic resource] ] : a practical approach / / Robert C. Elston, William D. Johnson
Autore Elston Robert C. <1932->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Chichester, U.K., : John Wiley & Sons, 2008
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (385 p.)
Disciplina 570.15195
610.72
614.40727
Altri autori (Persone) JohnsonWilliam Davis <1941->
Soggetto topico Medical statistics
Medical genetics - Statistical methods
Epidemiology - Statistical methods
ISBN 0-470-74078-7
1-282-34579-6
9786612345791
0-470-02491-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Basic Biostatistics for Geneticists and Epidemiologists; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 INTRODUCTION: THE ROLE AND RELEVANCE OF STATISTICS, GENETICS AND EPIDEMIOLOGY IN MEDICINE; Why Biostatistics?; What Exactly Is (Are) Statistics?; Reasons for Understanding Statistics; What Exactly is Genetics?; What Exactly is Epidemiology?; How Can a Statistician Help Geneticists and Epidemiologists?; Disease Prevention versus Disease Therapy; A Few Examples: Genetics, Epidemiology and Statistical Inference; Summary; References; 2 POPULATIONS, SAMPLES, AND STUDY DESIGN; The Study of Cause and Effect
Populations, Target Populations and Study UnitsProbability Samples and Randomization; Observational Studies; Family Studies; Experimental Studies; Quasi-Experimental Studies; Summary; Further Reading; Problems; 3 DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS; Why Do We Need Descriptive Statistics?; Scales of Measurement; Tables; Graphs; Proportions and Rates; Relative Measures of Disease Frequency; Sensitivity, Specificity and Predictive Values; Measures of Central Tendency; Measures of Spread or Variability; Measures of Shape; Summary; Further Reading; Problems; 4 THE LAWS OF PROBABILITY; Definition of Probability
The Probability of Either of Two Events: A or BThe Joint Probability of Two Events: A and B; Examples of Independence, Nonindependence and Genetic Counseling; Bayes' Theorem; Likelihood Ratio; Summary; Further Reading; Problems; 5 RANDOM VARIABLES AND DISTRIBUTIONS; Variability and Random Variables; Binomial Distribution; A Note about Symbols; Poisson Distribution; Uniform Distribution; Normal Distribution; Cumulative Distribution Functions; The Standard Normal (Gaussian) Distribution; Summary; Further Reading; Problems; 6 ESTIMATES AND CONFIDENCE LIMITS; Estimates and Estimators
Notation for Population Parameters, Sample Estimates, and Sample EstimatorsProperties of Estimators; Maximum Likelihood; Estimating Intervals; Distribution of the Sample Mean; Confidence Limits; Summary; Problems; 7 SIGNIFICANCE TESTS AND TESTS OF HYPOTHESES; Principle of Significance Testing; Principle of Hypothesis Testing; Testing a Population Mean; One-Sided versus Two-Sided Tests; Testing a Proportion; Testing the Equality of Two Variances; Testing the Equality of Two Means; Testing the Equality of Two Medians; Validity and Power; Summary; Further Reading; Problems
8 LIKELIHOOD RATIOS, BAYESIAN METHODS AND MULTIPLE HYPOTHESESLikelihood Ratios; Bayesian Methods; Bayes' Factors; Bayesian Estimates and Credible Intervals; The Multiple Testing Problem; Summary; Problems; 9 THE MANY USES OF CHI-SQUARE; The Chi-Square Distribution; Goodness-of-Fit Tests; Contingency Tables; Inference About the Variance; Combining p-Values; Likelihood Ratio Tests; Summary; Further Reading; Problems; 10 CORRELATION AND REGRESSION; Simple Linear Regression; The Straight-Line Relationship When There is Inherent Variability; Correlation; Spearman's Rank Correlation
Multiple Regression
Record Nr. UNINA-9910841101303321
Elston Robert C. <1932->  
Chichester, U.K., : John Wiley & Sons, 2008
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Biostatistical methods in epidemiology [[electronic resource] /] / Stephen C. Newman
Biostatistical methods in epidemiology [[electronic resource] /] / Stephen C. Newman
Autore Newman Stephen C. <1952->
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York, : John Wiley & Sons, c2001
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (403 p.)
Disciplina 614.4/07/27
614.4072
614.40727
Collana Wiley series in probability and statistics. Biostatistics section
Soggetto topico Epidemiology - Statistical methods
Cohort analysis
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-280-36696-6
9786610366965
0-470-35001-6
0-471-46160-1
0-471-27261-2
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Biostatistical Methods in Epidemiology; Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Probability; 1.2 Parameter Estimation; 1.3 Random Sampling; 2. Measurement Issues in Epidemiology; 2.1 Systematic and Random Error; 2.2 Measures of Effect; 2.3 Confounding; 2.4 Collapsibility Approach to Confounding; 2.5 Counterfactual Approach to Confounding; 2.6 Methods to Control Confounding; 2.7 Bias Due to an Unknown Confounder; 2.8 Misclassification; 2.9 Scope of this Book; 3. Binomial Methods for Single Sample Closed Cohort Data; 3.1 Exact Methods; 3.2 Asymptotic Methods
10. Poisson Methods for Censored Survival Data10.1 Poisson Methods for Single Sample Survival Data; 10.2 Poisson Methods for Unstratified Survival Data; 10.3 Poisson Methods for Stratified Survival Data; 11. Odds Ratio Methods for Case-Control Data; 11.1 Justification of the Odds Ratio Approach; 11.2 Odds Ratio Methods for Matched-Pairs Case-Control Data; 11.3 Odds Ratio Methods for (1 : M) Matched Case-Control Data; 12. Standardized Rates and Age-Period-Cohort Analysis; 12.1 Population Rates; 12.2 Directly Standardized Death Rate; 12.3 Standardized Mortality Ratio
12.4 Age-Period-Cohort Analysis
Record Nr. UNINA-9910142503103321
Newman Stephen C. <1952->  
New York, : John Wiley & Sons, c2001
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Biostatistical methods in epidemiology [[electronic resource] /] / Stephen C. Newman
Biostatistical methods in epidemiology [[electronic resource] /] / Stephen C. Newman
Autore Newman Stephen C. <1952->
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York, : John Wiley & Sons, c2001
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (403 p.)
Disciplina 614.4/07/27
614.4072
614.40727
Collana Wiley series in probability and statistics. Biostatistics section
Soggetto topico Epidemiology - Statistical methods
Cohort analysis
ISBN 1-280-36696-6
9786610366965
0-470-35001-6
0-471-46160-1
0-471-27261-2
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Biostatistical Methods in Epidemiology; Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Probability; 1.2 Parameter Estimation; 1.3 Random Sampling; 2. Measurement Issues in Epidemiology; 2.1 Systematic and Random Error; 2.2 Measures of Effect; 2.3 Confounding; 2.4 Collapsibility Approach to Confounding; 2.5 Counterfactual Approach to Confounding; 2.6 Methods to Control Confounding; 2.7 Bias Due to an Unknown Confounder; 2.8 Misclassification; 2.9 Scope of this Book; 3. Binomial Methods for Single Sample Closed Cohort Data; 3.1 Exact Methods; 3.2 Asymptotic Methods
10. Poisson Methods for Censored Survival Data10.1 Poisson Methods for Single Sample Survival Data; 10.2 Poisson Methods for Unstratified Survival Data; 10.3 Poisson Methods for Stratified Survival Data; 11. Odds Ratio Methods for Case-Control Data; 11.1 Justification of the Odds Ratio Approach; 11.2 Odds Ratio Methods for Matched-Pairs Case-Control Data; 11.3 Odds Ratio Methods for (1 : M) Matched Case-Control Data; 12. Standardized Rates and Age-Period-Cohort Analysis; 12.1 Population Rates; 12.2 Directly Standardized Death Rate; 12.3 Standardized Mortality Ratio
12.4 Age-Period-Cohort Analysis
Record Nr. UNINA-9910830319303321
Newman Stephen C. <1952->  
New York, : John Wiley & Sons, c2001
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Biostatistical methods in epidemiology [[electronic resource] /] / Stephen C. Newman
Biostatistical methods in epidemiology [[electronic resource] /] / Stephen C. Newman
Autore Newman Stephen C. <1952->
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York, : John Wiley & Sons, c2001
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (403 p.)
Disciplina 614.4/07/27
614.4072
614.40727
Collana Wiley series in probability and statistics. Biostatistics section
Soggetto topico Epidemiology - Statistical methods
Cohort analysis
ISBN 1-280-36696-6
9786610366965
0-470-35001-6
0-471-46160-1
0-471-27261-2
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Biostatistical Methods in Epidemiology; Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Probability; 1.2 Parameter Estimation; 1.3 Random Sampling; 2. Measurement Issues in Epidemiology; 2.1 Systematic and Random Error; 2.2 Measures of Effect; 2.3 Confounding; 2.4 Collapsibility Approach to Confounding; 2.5 Counterfactual Approach to Confounding; 2.6 Methods to Control Confounding; 2.7 Bias Due to an Unknown Confounder; 2.8 Misclassification; 2.9 Scope of this Book; 3. Binomial Methods for Single Sample Closed Cohort Data; 3.1 Exact Methods; 3.2 Asymptotic Methods
10. Poisson Methods for Censored Survival Data10.1 Poisson Methods for Single Sample Survival Data; 10.2 Poisson Methods for Unstratified Survival Data; 10.3 Poisson Methods for Stratified Survival Data; 11. Odds Ratio Methods for Case-Control Data; 11.1 Justification of the Odds Ratio Approach; 11.2 Odds Ratio Methods for Matched-Pairs Case-Control Data; 11.3 Odds Ratio Methods for (1 : M) Matched Case-Control Data; 12. Standardized Rates and Age-Period-Cohort Analysis; 12.1 Population Rates; 12.2 Directly Standardized Death Rate; 12.3 Standardized Mortality Ratio
12.4 Age-Period-Cohort Analysis
Record Nr. UNINA-9910840830903321
Newman Stephen C. <1952->  
New York, : John Wiley & Sons, c2001
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Computer-assisted analysis of mixtures and applications : meta-analysis, disease mapping, and others / Dankmar Bèohning
Computer-assisted analysis of mixtures and applications : meta-analysis, disease mapping, and others / Dankmar Bèohning
Autore Bèohning, Dankmar
Pubbl/distr/stampa Boca Raton, Fla. : Chapman & Hall/CRC, c2000
Descrizione fisica xvi, 232 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Disciplina 614.40727
616.40727
Collana Monographs on statistics and applied probability ; 81
Soggetto topico Epidemiology - Statistical methods
Epidemiology - Data processing
Meta-analysis
ISBN 0849303850
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNISALENTO-991004021669707536
Bèohning, Dankmar  
Boca Raton, Fla. : Chapman & Hall/CRC, c2000
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento
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Epidemiology and medical statistics / edited by C. R. Rao, J. P. Miller, D. C. Rao
Epidemiology and medical statistics / edited by C. R. Rao, J. P. Miller, D. C. Rao
Pubbl/distr/stampa Amsterdam : Elsevier/North-Holland, 2008
Descrizione fisica xviii, 852 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Disciplina 614.40727
Altri autori (Persone) Rao, Calyampudi Radhakrishna
Miller, J. Philip
Rao, Dabeeru C.
Collana Handbook of statistics, 0169-7161 ; 27
Soggetto topico Epidemiology - Statistical methods
Medical statistics
ISBN 9780444528018
0444528016
Classificazione AMS 62-00
AMS 62P10
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNISALENTO-991003841389707536
Amsterdam : Elsevier/North-Holland, 2008
Materiale a stampa
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Multivariate methods in epidemiology / Theodore R. Holford
Multivariate methods in epidemiology / Theodore R. Holford
Autore Holford, Theodore R.
Pubbl/distr/stampa Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002
Descrizione fisica xvii, 408 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Disciplina 614.40727
Collana Monographs in epidemiology and biostatistics ; 32
Soggetto topico Epidemiology - Statistical methods
Multivariate analysis
ISBN 0195124405
Classificazione AMS 92D30
LC RA652.2.M3 H654
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNISALENTO-991001614869707536
Holford, Theodore R.  
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002
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Statistics for epidemiology / Nicholas P. Jewell
Statistics for epidemiology / Nicholas P. Jewell
Autore Jewell, Nicholas P.
Pubbl/distr/stampa Boca Raton [etc.] : Chapman & Hall/CRC, ©2004
Descrizione fisica XIV, 333 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Disciplina 614.40727
Collana Texts in statistical science
Soggetto non controllato Epidemiologia - Metodi statistici
ISBN 1-58488-433-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-990008681680403321
Jewell, Nicholas P.  
Boca Raton [etc.] : Chapman & Hall/CRC, ©2004
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