Methods of Clinical Epidemiology (Hardcover)

Contents.- Contributors.- Table of Abbreviations.- Preface.- PART I: Clinical Agreement.- 1 Clinical Agreement in Qualitative Measurements.- 2 Clinical Agreement in Quantitative Measurements.- 3 Disagreement plots and the intra-class correlation in agreement studies.- 4 The Coefficient of Variation as an Index of Measurement Reliability.- PART II: Diagnostic Tests.- 5 Using and Interpreting Diagnostic Tests with Dichotomous or Polychotomous Results.- 6 Using and Interpreting Diagnostic Tests with Quantitative Results.- 7 Sample Size Considerations for Diagnostic Tests.- 8 An Introduction to Diagnostic Meta-analysis.- 9 Health Technology Assessments of Diagnostic Tests.- PART III: Modeling Binary and Time-To-Event Outcomes.- 10 Modelling Binary Outcomes.- 11 Modelling Time-to-event Data.- PART IV: Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis.- 12 Systematic Reviewing.- 13 Quality Assessment in Meta-analysis.- 14 Meta-analysis I.- 15 Meta-analysis II.- Index.