Quantitative Methods in Population Health

Each topic starts with an explanation of the theoretical background necessary to allow full understanding of the technique and to facilitate future learning of more advanced or new methods and software Explanations are designed to assume as little background in mathematics and statistical theory as possible, except that some knowledge of calculus is necessary for certain parts. SAS commands are provided for applying the methods. (PROC REG, PROC MIXED, and PROC GENMOD) All sections contain real life examples, mostly from epidemiologic research First chapter includes a SAS refresher

"I enjoyed reading this book and I recommend…[it]." (Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, July 2005) "The book is well written…a timely book that appears to cover a gap in existing literature." (Journal of the American Statistical Association, June 2005) “…provides an accessible guide for students in an applied statistics sequence as well as for practising researchers and professionals...” (Zentralblatt Math, Vol.1038, No.13, 2004) "It is highly recommended for academic and research libraries supporting programs of demography, public health, and other interdisciplinary programs related to population health.” (E-STREAMS, August 2004) “...assembles the information...investigators need most often in the course of several long-term population-based observational studies.” (Quarterly of Applied Mathematics, Vol. LXII, No. 1, March 2004) "...this book...provides the most pages of illustrations relative to pages of text of any book that I can recall...a fantastic book for practitioners..." (Technometrics, Vol. 46, No. 1, February 2004)

MARI PALTA, PHD, is a professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences and Biostatistics and Medical Information at the University of Wisconsin-Madison