Screen LibraryActivEpi companion textbook a supplement for use with the ActivEpi CD-ROM /
This Companion Textbook supplements the ActivEpi CD-ROM, sold separately. The ActivEpi CD-ROM provides a multimedia presentation of concepts, commonly taught in an introductory epidemiology course. ActivEpi mixes a full array of media to motivate, explain, visualize and apply epidemiological concept...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5428-1 |
| Summary: |
This Companion Textbook supplements the ActivEpi CD-ROM, sold separately. The ActivEpi CD-ROM provides a multimedia presentation of concepts, commonly taught in an introductory epidemiology course. ActivEpi mixes a full array of media to motivate, explain, visualize and apply epidemiological concepts. Virtually all of the material on the ActivEpi CD-ROM is included in the Companion Textbook. Because individuals differ in their learning skills, the ActivEpi CD-ROM and the ActivEpi Companion Textbook offer readers different but related options on how to learn epidemiology. The Textbook can be used as a hardcopy reference of the textual materials contained on the CD-ROM ... |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (vii, 547 p.) : ill. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9781461454281 (electronic bk.) 146145428X (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | RA651 |
| CLC: | R18 |
| Contents: |
Epidemiologic Research: An Overview -- Epidemiologic Study Designs -- Measures of Disease Frequency -- Measures of Effect -- Measures of Potential Impact -- Validity of Epidemiologic Research -- Validity -- Selection Bias -- Information Bias -- Confounding -- Confounding Involving Several Risk Factors -- Epidemiologic Analysis -- Simple Analyses -- Control of Extraneous Factors -- Stratified Analysis -- Matching -- ActivEpi Reference. |