Search Results - "observational study"

A concise guide to observational studies in healthcare / by Hackshaw, Allan K.

Table of Contents: “…Fundamental concepts -- Outcome measures, risk factors, and causality -- Effect sizes and regression methods -- Studies based on patient medical records -- Cross-sectional studies -- Case-control studies -- Cohort studies -- Quality of care studies -- Prognostic markers for predicting outcomes -- Systematic reviews and meta-analyses -- Conducting and reporting observational studies.…”
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Saints observed : studies of Mormon village life, 1850-2005 / by Bahr, Howard M.

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Cardiac dysfunction in septic shock : observational studies on characteristics and outcome / by De Geer, Lina

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Intimate transformations babies with their families /

Table of Contents: “…Applications of infant observation studies -- pt. 3. The infant observation seminar group.…”
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Spirituality & health research methods, measurements, statistics, and resources / by Koenig, Harold G. (Harold George), 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Overview of the research -- Strengths, weaknesses, and challenges -- A research agenda for the field -- Identifying a research question -- Choosing a research design -- Selecting the sample -- Qualitative research -- Observational studies -- Clinical trials -- Clinical trials with religious interventions -- Definitions -- Measurement I : general considerations -- Measurement II : commonly used scales -- Statistics I : general considerations -- Statistics II : statistical tests and approaches -- Confounders, mediators, and moderators -- Models and mechanisms -- Statistical modeling -- Publishing results -- Funding for research -- Grant writing.…”
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Causality statistical perspectives and applications /

Table of Contents: “…Statistical causality : some historical remarks -- The language of potential outcomes -- Structural equations, graphs and interventions -- The decision-theoretic approach to causal -- Causal inference as a prediction problem : assumptions, identification, and evidence synthesis -- Graph-based criteria of identifiability of causal questions -- Causal inference from observational data : a Bayesian predictive approach -- Causal inference from observing sequences of actions -- Causal effects and natural laws : towards a conceptualization of causal counterfactuals -- For non-manipulable exposures, with application to the effects of race and sex -- Cross-classifications by joint potential outcomes -- Estimation of direct and indirect effects -- The mediation formula : a guide to the assessment of causal pathways in nonlinear models -- The sufficient cause framework in statistics, philosophy and the biomedical and social sciences -- Inference about biological mechanism on the basis of epidemiological data -- Ion channels and multiple sclerosis -- Supplementary variables for causal estimation -- Time-varying confounding : some practical considerations in a likelihood framework -- Natural experiments as a means of testing causal inferences -- Nonreactive and purely reactive doses in observational studies -- Evaluation of potential mediators in randomized trials of complex interventions (psychotherapies) -- Causal inference in clinical trials -- Granger causality and causal inference in time series analysis -- Dynamic molecular networks and mechanisms iIn the biosciences : a statistical framework.…”
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

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Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes

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