Biostatistics in public health using STATA. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Erick L. Suárez, Cynthia M. Pérez, Graciela M. Nogueras, Camille Moreno-Gorrín.
• Authors: Suárez Pérez, Erick L, 1953-; Pérez Cardona, Cynthia; Nogueras, Graciela M; Moreno-Gorrín, Camille
• Contents: Basic Commands; Introduction; Entering STATA; Taskbar; Help; STATA Working Directories; Reading a Data File; insheet Procedure; Types of Files; Data Editor; ; Data Description; Most Useful Commands; list Command; Mathematical and Logical Operators; generate Command; recode Command; drop Command; replace Command; label Command; summarize Command; do-file Editor; Descriptive Statistics and Graphs; tabulate Command; ; Graph Construction; Introduction; Box Plot; Histogram; Bar Chart; ; Significance Tests; Introduction; Normality Test; Variance Homogeneity; Student’s t -Test for Independent Samples; Confidence Intervals for Testing the Null Hypothesis; Nonparametric Tests for Unpaired Groups; Sample Size and Statistical Power; ; Linear Regression Models ; Introduction; Model Assumptions; Parameter Estimation; Hypothesis Testing; Coefficient of Determination; Pearson Correlation Coefficient; Scatter Plot; Running the Model; Centering; Bootstrapping; Multiple Linear Regression Model; Partial Hypothesis; Prediction; Polynomial Linear Regression Model; Sample Size and Statistical Power; Considerations for the Assumptions of the Linear Regression Model; ; Analysis of Variance; Introduction; Data Structure; Example for Fixed Effects; Linear Model with Fixed Effects; Analysis of Variance with Fixed Effects; Programming for ANOVA; Planned Comparisons (before Observing the Data); Multiple Comparisons: Unplanned Comparisons; Random Effects; Other Measures Related to the Random Effects Model; Example of a Random Effects Model; Sample Size and Statistical Power; ; Categorical Data Analysis; Introduction; Cohort Study ; Case-Control Study; Sample Size and Statistical Power; ; Logistic Regression Model; Model Definition; Parameter Estimation; Programming the Logistic Regression Model; Alternative Database; Estimating the Odds Ratio; Significance Tests; Extension of the Logistic Regression Model; Adjusted OR and the Confounding Effect; Effect Modification; Prevalence Ratio; Nominal and Ordinal Outcomes; Overdispersion; Sample Size and Statistical Power; ; Poisson Regression Model; Model Definition; Relative Risk; Parameter Estimation; Example; Programming the Poisson Regression Model; Assessing Interaction Terms; Overdispersion; ; Survival Analysis; Introduction; Probability of Survival; Components of the Study Design; Kaplan–Meier Method; Programming of S (t ); Hazard Function; Relationship between S (t ) and h (t ); Cumulative Hazard Function; Median Survival Time and Percentiles; Comparison of Survival Curves; Proportional Hazards Assumption; Significance Assessment; Cox Proportional Hazards Model; Assessment of the Proportional Hazards Assumption; Survival Function Estimation Using the Cox Proportional Hazards Model; Stratified Cox Proportional Hazards Model; ; Analysis of Correlated Data; Regression Models with Correlated Data; Mixed Models; Random Intercept; Using the mixed and gllamm Commands with a Random Intercept; Using the mixed Command with Random Intercept and Slope; Mixed Models in a Sampling Design; ; Introduction to Advanced Programming in STATA; Introduction; do-files; program Command; Log Files; trace Command; Delimiters; Indexing; Local Macros; Scalars; Loops (foreach and forvalues ); Application of matrix and local Commands for Prevalence; Estimation; ; References; ; Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 610.727; Medical statistics; Medicine -- Research -- Statistical methods
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781498722025
• Related ISBNs: 9781498721998
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; item not viewed.
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