Fundamentals of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

This book will familiarize students with basic principles of epidemiology and biostatistics. Designed for use in a single course, it will clarify the distinction and complementary roles of epidemiology and biostatistics in a range of settings, and train students on the complementary roles epidemiology and biostatistics play in carrying out selected activities in the health professions. After completing this book, the student should be able to:

• Describe epidemiological methods and study designs
• Select appropriate methodologies for epidemiological investigation
• Use the epidemiological process to address health care problems
• Evaluate environmental epidemiology and population surveillance
• Describe epidemiological measures of health
• Distinguish the roles and relationships between epidemiology and statistics
• Combine appropriate epidemiological concepts and statistical measures
• Calculate probabilities and conditional probabilities of health-related events

Additional ISBNs: 1449647723, 1449667538, 9781449647728, 9781449667535, 1449647731, 9781449647735Fundamentals of Epidemiology and Biostatistics is written by Ray M. Merrill and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Fundamentals of Epidemiology and Biostatistics are 9781284069082, 1284069087 and the print ISBNs are 9781449647728, 1449647723.Additional ISBNs: for this eTextbook include 1449647723, 1449667538, 9781449647728, 9781449667535, 1449647731, 9781449647735.