Statistical Estimation of Epidemiological Risk [Hardcover]

Statistical Estimation of Epidemiological Risk provides coverage of the most important epidemiological indices, and includes recent developments in the field. A useful reference source for biostatisticians and epidemiologists working in disease prevention, as the chapters are self-contained and feature numerous real examples. It has been written at a level suitable for public health professionals with a limited knowledge of statistics.

Other key features include:

• Provides comprehensive coverage of the key epidemiological indices.
• Includes coverage of various sampling methods, and pointers to where each should be used.
• Includes up-to-date references and recent developments in the field.
• Features many real examples, emphasising the practical nature of the book.
• Each chapter is self-contained, allowing the book to be used as a useful reference source.
• Includes exercises, enabling use as a course text.

About the author.

Preface.

1 Population Proportion or Prevalence.

1.1 Binomial sampling.

1.2 Cluster sampling.

1.3 Inverse sampling.

Exercises.

References.

2 Risk Difference.

2.1 Independent binomial sampling.

2.2 A series of independent binomial sampling procedures.

2.2.1 Summary interval estimators.

2.2.2 Test for the homogeneity of risk difference.

2.3 Independent cluster sampling.

2.4 Paired-sample data.

2.5 Independent negative binomial sampling (inverse sampling).

2.6 Independent poisson sampl³i