Biostatistical Methods in Epidemiology

Introduction.

Measurement Issues in Epidemiology.

Binomial Methods for Single Sample Closed Cohort Data.

Odds Ratio Methods for Unstratified Closed Cohort Data.

Odds Ratio Methods for Stratified Closed Cohort Data.

Risk Ratio Methods for Closed Cohort Data.

Risk Difference Methods for Closed Cohort Data.

Survival Analysis.

Kaplan-Meier and Actuarial Methods for Censored Survival Data.

Poisson Methods for Censored Survival Data.

Odds Ratio Methods for Case-Control Data.

Standardized Rates and Age-Period-Cohort Analysis.

Life Tables.

Sample Size and Power.

Logistic Regression and Cox Regression.

Appendix A: Odds Ratio Inequality.

Appendix B: Maximum Likelihood Theory.

Appendix C: Hypergeometric and Conditional Poisson Distributions.

Appendix D: Quadratic Equation for the Odds Ratio.

Appendix E: Matrix Identities and Inequalities.

Appendix F: Survival Analysis and Life Tables.

Appendix G: Confounding in Open Cohort and Case-Control Studies.

Appendix H: Odds Ratio Estimate in a Matched Case-Control Study.

References.

Index.