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1 online resource : color illustrations |
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Obstetrics and gynecology advances |
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Obstetrics and gynecology advances.
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Print version record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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HANDBOOK OF METHODOLOGICAL CONCEPTS IN PERINATAL MEDICINE; HANDBOOK OF METHODOLOGICAL CONCEPTS IN PERINATAL MEDICINE; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: PERINATAL EPIDEMIOLOGY; WHAT IS EPIDEMIOLOGY?; WHAT IS PERINATAL EPIDEMIOLOGY?; PREVENTION STRATEGIES; IN THIS BOOK; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: PERINATAL EVENTS ALONG WITH PERINATAL PERIOD: MEASURES ADN DEFINITIONS ; 1. THE TIME FRAMES OF THE PERINATAL AND NEONATAL PERIODS; 2. PREGNANCY OUTCOMES IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD; 2.1. Definitions; 2.2. Reporting Requirements. |
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2.3. International Comparison of Definitions of Perinatal Events2.4. Measures of Perinatal Mortality; 3. DEFINITIONS OF GESTATIONAL PERIODS; 4. DEFINITIONS OF BIRTH WEIGHTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: OBSERVATIONAL STUDY DESIGN IN PERINATAL EPIDEMIOLOGY; DEFINITIONS; INTRODUCTION; COHORT STUDIES; Prospective Cohort Studies; Retrospective Cohort Studies; Comparison of Prospective and Retrospective Cohort Studies; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; Matched Case-control Studies; Special Designs of Case-control Studies in Perinatal Epidemiology; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECOLOGICAL STUDIES. |
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COMPARING THE USE AND STRENGTH OF EVIDENCE OF DIFFERENT STUDY DESIGNS IN OBSERVATIONAL PERINATAL EPIDEMIOLOGYREFERENCES; Chapter 4: RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO CONTROLLED TRIALS: ARE THEY REALLY THE ""GOLD"" STANDARD?; DEFINITIONS; INTRODUCTION; AN OVERVIEW OF RANDOMIZED-CONTROLLED TRIALS; THE DISCREPANCY DEBATE; Can the Process of RCT Result in Significant Bias?; The Possibility of a "Masking Bias" in Rcts; Other Sources of Bias in RCTs; Examples from Perinatal Literature; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: DATA ANALYSIS; INTRODUCTION; VARIABLES; DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS. |
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MEASURES OF STATISTICAL VARIABILITYERRORS; DISTRIBUTIONS; NULL HYPOTHESIS; STATISTICAL TESTS; NONPARAMETRIC TESTS; STATISTICAL MODELS; PRESENTING RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE DETERMINATION; REFERENCES; Chapter 6: INTERPRETATION OF RESEARCH FINDINGS ; INTRODUCTION; VALIDITY; RELIABILITY; BIAS; CONFOUNDING; REFERENCES; Chapter 7: THE IMPORTANCE OF MULTIVARIABLE ANALYSIS FOR CONDUCTING AND EVALUATING RESEARCH IN PERINATOLOGY ; INTRODUCTION; WHAT IS MULTIVARIABLE ANALYSIS?; WHY IS MULTIVARIABLE ANALYSIS NEEDED?; WHAT TYPES OF MULTIVARIABLE ANALYSIS ARE COMMONLY USED IN PERINATAL RESEARCH? |
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WHAT INDEPENDENT VARIABLES SHOULD I ENTER INTO A MULTIVARIABLE ANALYSIS?IN WHAT FORM SHOULD INDEPENDENT VARIABLES BE ENTERED INTO A MULTIVARIABLE MODEL?; WHAT ASSUMPTIONS UNDERLIE MULTIVARIABLE MODELS?; HOW SHOULD INTERACTIONS BETWEEN INDEPENDENT VARIABLES BE INTERPRETED?; DOES THE MODEL FIT THE DATA?; HOW WELL DOES THE MODEL PREDICT OUTCOME?; IS THE MODEL RELIABLE?; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 8: PRACTICAL GUIDE DATA ANALYSIS OF PERINATAL EPIDEMIOLOGY BY SPSS; INTRODUCTION; THE STEPS OF DATA ANALYSIS; CHOOSING THE SUITABLE STATISTICAL TEST; WORKING WITH SPSS FOR WINDOWS; SUMMARY. |
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Pregnancy -- Complications.
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Epidemiology -- Methodology.
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Épidémiologie -- Méthodologie.
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MEDICAL -- Gynecology & Obstetrics.
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Epidemiology -- Methodology
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Pregnancy -- Complications
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| Added Author |
Scheiner, Eyal.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Handbook of methodological concetps in perinatal medicine. New York : Nova Biomedical, ©2012 9781620812525 (OCoLC)777652382 |
| ISBN |
9781620812594 (electronic bk.) |
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1620812592 (electronic bk.) |
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9781620812525 |
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1620812525 |
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DEBBG BV041049695 |
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AU@ 000056675646 |
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