Fundamentals of Epidemiology and Biostatistics : Combining the Basics

Includes fold-out companion website information guide.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Data and descriptive measures -- Standardizing rates -- Describing data with graphs -- Life tables -- Probability -- Random variables and probability distributions -- Estimation and hypothesis testing -- Sample size -- Study designs -- Statistical measures of association among variables -- Experimental studies -- Survival analysis -- Cause and effect.

Textbook looks at the fundamentals of epidemiology and biostatistics for all Public Health areas. Students can learn about the various signs and statistics on public health issues.

Ray M. Merrill, Ph.D., M.P.H. has been actively involved in epidemiology and biostatistics since his professional career began in 1995. As a Cancer Prevention Fellow at the National Cancer Institute, he worked with leading researchers in the area of cancer epidemiology. In 1998 he joined the faculty in the Department of Health Science at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, where he continued his research in epidemiology. Since 1999 he has also held an adjunct faculty position in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of Utah. In 2001, he spent a sabbatical working in the Unit of Epidemiology for Cancer Prevention at the International Agency for Research on Cancer Administration, Lyon, France. He has won various awards for his research in cancer epidemiology.