Author Description
Over the past fifty years, the case-control method, and to a lesser extent its case-based variants, have become the most important tools for the investigator of health problems. The case control method is the study of persons with the disease and a suitable control group of persons who do not have the disease. The book helps readers address a number of general and specific questions dealing with the case-control and other case-based methods, including questions of how to design and implement a case-control study that minimizes biases, how to analyze the data to appropriately deal with confounding variables and help identify reactions, and how to interpret data and present the results from a case-control study.
Menrva's Summary
THE THESIS
This text investigates the methodological rigor required to design, implement, and interpret case-control studies within the field of public health. Haroutune M.D. Armenian, an expert in epidemiology, provides a comprehensive framework for utilizing case-based research to identify health determinants. The book synthesizes decades of statistical development to offer researchers a structured approach for minimizing bias and managing confounding variables in clinical and population-based data.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- Methodologies for designing case-control and case-based studies
- Techniques for identifying and mitigating confounding variables
- Protocols for data analysis and result interpretation
- Historical context of case-control development over the last fifty years
Scope Limits
- Does not cover randomized controlled trial design
- Excludes advanced computational programming for statistical software
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Experts recognize this monograph as a foundational resource for students and practitioners navigating the complexities of observational study design. Readers frequently note the technical density of the prose, which serves as a reliable reference for those conducting formal epidemiological research.
Page Count:
240
Publication Date:
2009-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0190293136
ISBN-13:
9780190293130
Public Health
Biostatistics
Medical
Medical research
Allied Health
Epidemiology
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