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Epidemiology

by Mark Woodward

"This text provides detailed advice on how to design an epidemiological study; discusses all aspects of analysis, from the descriptive to the advanced; includes computer listings with interpretation; and gives an extensive set of references and exercises with solutions."--BOOK JACKET. "The advantages, disadvantages and alternatives to case-control, cohort and intervention studies are discussed and the crucial concepts, such as incidence, prevalence, confounding and interaction are explained through simple and real-life examples. Throughout the text, emphasis is placed upon interpretation of results in an epidemiological context."--BOOK JACKET. "This book will be invaluable as a textbook for statisticians and medical students studying epidemiology, and as a standard reference for practising epidemiologists."--Jacket.

Chappie’s discussion starters

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?