- Title Pages
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- Chapter 1 Introducing the history of epidemiology
- Chapter 2 Important concepts in epidemiology
- Chapter 3 Study design
- Chapter 4 Statistics in epidemiology
- Chapter 5 Teaching a first course in epidemiologic principles and methods
- Chapter 6 Questionnaires in epidemiology
- Chapter 7 Environment
- Chapter 8 Occupational epidemiology
- Chapter 9 Life course epidemiology
- Chapter 10 Pharmacoepidemiology
- Chapter 11 Nutritional epidemiology
- Chapter 12 Genetic epidemiology
- Chapter 13 Teaching molecular epidemiology
- Chapter 14 Social inequalities in health
- Chapter 15 Climate change and human health: issues for teacher and classroom
- Chapter 16 Infectious disease epidemiology
- Chapter 17 Cancer epidemiology
- Chapter 18 Teaching a course in psychiatric epidemiology
- Chapter 19 Neurologic diseases
- Chapter 20 Reproductive epidemiology
- Chapter 21 Teaching chronic respiratory disease epidemiology
- Chapter 22 Epidemiology of injuries
- Chapter 23 Dental epidemiology
- Chapter 24 Clinical epidemiology
- Chapter 25 Study of clustering and outbreaks
- Chapter 26 Medical databases
- Chapter 27 Teaching epidemiology inside and outside the classroom
- Chapter 28 Guide for teaching assistants in a methods course at a department of epidemiology
- Index
Statistics in epidemiology
Statistics in epidemiology
- Chapter:
- (p.56) Chapter 4 Statistics in epidemiology
- Source:
- Teaching Epidemiology
- Author(s):
Per Kragh Andersen
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Epidemiology deals with the assessment of effects of risk factors on disease outcome in human populations, and statistics has played a prominent role in its development. This chapter provides a guide for the ‘inexperienced’ teacher to teach statistics as a part of a teaching programme in epidemiology. A seven-lesson introductory course in statistics in epidemiology is described. This includes teaching objectives and teaching contents and format. The course should bring the student to a level where s/he understands basic statistical concepts and is able to read epidemiological articles where standard statistical methods are applied. It is emphasized that is crucial to have access to computers with adequate statistical software during the teaching sessions.
Keywords: basic statistical concepts, risk factors, standard statistical methods, epidemiology, statistical software
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- Title Pages
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- Chapter 1 Introducing the history of epidemiology
- Chapter 2 Important concepts in epidemiology
- Chapter 3 Study design
- Chapter 4 Statistics in epidemiology
- Chapter 5 Teaching a first course in epidemiologic principles and methods
- Chapter 6 Questionnaires in epidemiology
- Chapter 7 Environment
- Chapter 8 Occupational epidemiology
- Chapter 9 Life course epidemiology
- Chapter 10 Pharmacoepidemiology
- Chapter 11 Nutritional epidemiology
- Chapter 12 Genetic epidemiology
- Chapter 13 Teaching molecular epidemiology
- Chapter 14 Social inequalities in health
- Chapter 15 Climate change and human health: issues for teacher and classroom
- Chapter 16 Infectious disease epidemiology
- Chapter 17 Cancer epidemiology
- Chapter 18 Teaching a course in psychiatric epidemiology
- Chapter 19 Neurologic diseases
- Chapter 20 Reproductive epidemiology
- Chapter 21 Teaching chronic respiratory disease epidemiology
- Chapter 22 Epidemiology of injuries
- Chapter 23 Dental epidemiology
- Chapter 24 Clinical epidemiology
- Chapter 25 Study of clustering and outbreaks
- Chapter 26 Medical databases
- Chapter 27 Teaching epidemiology inside and outside the classroom
- Chapter 28 Guide for teaching assistants in a methods course at a department of epidemiology
- Index