UID:
almafu_9959311289502883
Format:
1 resource online (xviii, 270 pages)
ISBN:
0-19-029244-X
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0-19-773802-8
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1-60256-679-8
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1-280-42842-2
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0-19-517870-X
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1-4237-4634-1
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Content:
This is a guide to the critical reading of risk research reports directed to informed consumers, physicians, as well as to scientists evaluating the risk research literature or contemplating risk research projects.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2005.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction: Why Did We Write This Book? -- Part I. The Basics of Risk -- 1. What Is Risk? -- 2. What Is a Risk Factor? -- 3. Are All Risk Factors Equal? Types of Risk Factors -- 4. How Do We Know If Something Is an Important Risk Factor? Statistical and Clinical Significance -- 5. How Do Risk Factors Work Together? Moderators, Mediators, and Other "Inter-actions" -- Part II. How to Recognize Good and Bad Research -- 6. Who Was in the Study and Why Does That Matter? Sampling -- 7. What Is the Difference between a Risk Factor and a Cause? Research Design -- 8. What Else Should We Pay Attention To? Reliability and Validity of Measurements and Diagnoses -- Part III. Cutting-Edge Approaches -- 9. How Strong Is the Risk Factor? Potency -- 10. How Do We Do a Moderator-Mediator Analysis? -- 11. How Do We Use Multiple Risk Factors? ROC Tree Methods -- Part IV. Where Do We Go from Here? -- 12. Where Are We Now? -- 13. Making the Best of Good Studies -- 14. Hope for the Future -- Appendix: Mathematical Demonstrations -- Glossary -- References -- Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9786610428427
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780195178708.001.0001
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