List of readings and software included in this CD

PDFs
Gould, SJ. Median isn't the message. In: http://cancerguide.org/median_not_msg.html

Feinstein, AR. P-values and confidence intervals: two sides of the same unsatisfactory coin. J Clin
Epidemiol 1998 51(4): 355-360

Sterne, JAC, and Smith, GD. Sifting the evidence -- what’s wrong with significance tests? BMJ 2001
322(280):226-231

Grimes, DA and Schulz, KF. Bias and causal associations in observational research. Lancet 2002
359(9302):248-252.

Parascandola, M and Weed, DL. Causation in epidemiology J Epidemiol Community Health 2001; 55: 905-
912.

Thygesen, LC, Andersen, GS, and Andersen, H. A philosophical analysis of the Hill criteria. J Epidemiol
Community Health 2005; 59 (6): 512 – 516

Hard copy book pages (not included in this CD)

Weiss,NS. Therapeutic efficacy: randomized controlled tirals. 47-76pp. In: Clinical epidemiology: the study of
outcome of illness Oxford university press, 1996

Hennekens, CH, Buring, JE. Cohort Studies 153 - 177pp, In: Epidemiology in Medicine. Litle Brown and
Company, Toronto, 1987

Kelsey, JL, Whittemore, AS, Evans, AS and others. Case control studies – I: Planning and Execution. In:
Methods in Observational Epidemiology, Oxford University Press, 1996

Kelsey, JL, Whittemore, AS, Evans, AS and others. Cross sectional and other types of studies. In: Methods in
Observational Epidemiology, Oxford University Press, 1996

Armstrong, B, White, E, and Saracci, R. Validity and Reliability studies. In: Principles of Exposure
Measurement in Epidemiology, Oxford University Press, 1992

Website

Measurement. In: Trochim, W. Research Methods Knowledge Base. URL:

http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/constval.php

Software (included in this CD Windows version only)

John Maindonald. Using R for Data Analysis and Graphics - Introduction, Examples and Commentary.
Available as: http://cran.r-project.org/doc/contrib/usingR-2.pdf
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