TY - JOUR
AU - Tango, Toshiro
AB -  This book is primarily intended for those working in psychology. Indeed, a good deal of the discussion and several of the examples will appear rather obscure to medical statisticians. However, the chapters on latent variable models, notably those on structural equation, latent class and mixture modelling are very good. These and the chapter on contingency tables I can recommend to a broad readership. ANDREW PICKLES MRC Child Psychiatry Unit Institute of Psychiatry London SE5 8AF, U . K . 2. OBSERVATION AND INFERENCE: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE METHODS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. Alex- ander M. Walker, Epidemiology Resources Inc., Chestnut Hill, 1991. No. of pages: v + 173. Price: $18. ISBN: 0-917227-07-7 This book is aimed primarily at providing health professionals, including medical students, student nurses, doctors and practising epidemiologists with a concise explanation of the underlying principles in epidemiology. Great emphasis is placed on understanding the language of epidemiology, which is full of terms from everyday speech. Mathematical sophistication is avoided, although some acquaintance with elementary algebra is desirable. The book starts with ‘Disease frequency’, defining and illustrating the components of observation such as prevalence and incidence rate in a single population. The next three chapters deal with a 
TI - Observation and inference: An introduction to the methods of epidemiology. Alexander M. Walker, Epidemiology Resources Inc., Chestnut Hill, 1991. No. of pages: v + 173. Price: $18. ISBN: 0‐917227‐07‐7
JO - Statistics in Medicine
DO - 10.1002/sim.4780110716
DA - 1992-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/observation-and-inference-an-introduction-to-the-methods-of-VOBHuFRc8F
SP - 980
EP - 981
VL - 11
IS - 7
DP - DeepDyve
ER -