Rates and Proportions

Rates and Proportions

Continuation of discussion of counting data introduced in Chapter 6 with emphasis on epidemiology. Concepts of rate, incidence, prevalence. Examples of direct and indirect standardization. Hazard rates when subjects differ in exposure. Potential application of multiple logistic regression to estimat...

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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
cancer survey
crude rate
extra‐binomial variation
hazard
multiple events
poisson basis
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Zusammenfassung:Continuation of discussion of counting data introduced in Chapter 6 with emphasis on epidemiology. Concepts of rate, incidence, prevalence. Examples of direct and indirect standardization. Hazard rates when subjects differ in exposure. Potential application of multiple logistic regression to estimated risk and adjusted rates.
DOI:10.1002/0471602396.ch15