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Title: Modern Epidemiology by Kenneth J. Rothman, Sander Greenland ISBN: 0-316-75780-2 Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Pub. Date: 15 January, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $79.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.14 (14 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Too much unnecessary detail
Comment: Some professional epidemiologists see this text as the most thorough and complete resource manual ever written on this subject. In contrast, I see this book as an encrypted enigma. To say that it is difficult-to-follow would be a gross understatement. The major problem is the middle-third of the book, which covers statistical concepts. The authors fall into the trap of presenting way too much unnecessary detail, even in situations when it is not warranted. Apparently, the authors were on a self-absorbed ego trip when they wrote this component. One is definitely better off getting statistical concepts directly from statistical texts, such as Alan Agresti's, An Introduction to Categorical Data Analysis. Still, the book is not completely useless either. The last several chapters cover specific areas in epidemiology and may be useful to those with a keen interest in a specific area.
Rating: 2
Summary: unnecessary details on statistics subject
Comment: I agree with many reviewers here that the book is great, but poorly organized and put too much on statistical methods. I have read through it from cover to cover for my exams. Nevertheless, the first part discussion is very good, but you need to read other books before reading Rothman's book. Acutally, I really hate Greenland's writing, it is too obscure. I would not recommend this book to students.
Rating: 4
Summary: The basic premise of the Rothman tome:
Comment: "Here's what everyone else thinks about this topic (you name it), but here's why they're wrong and it's really a whole lot more complicated than that." This book verges on the surreal - there's the feeling that a little peyote might help one "break through" and suddenly absorb the 5th dimensional world of complete mastery of all the quasireligious mysteries of epi.
Yeah, I was exposed to it in my very first epi class and as others have said, it's not for beginning students; however, my professors (30 years into their fields) tell me they still turn to it on occasion. Kidding aside, there were some profound truths that (I think) I got. But ask a VERY simple question, like, does external validity refer to the source population or populations outside the source pop, and you will find yourself trudging through tar for hours with gaiters on.
Look at it this way: a priest gets to spend the rest of his life trying to refine his understanding of the Bible... well, guess what you'll be doing, pal. Might as well not get frustrated about it...
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Title: Epidemiology: An Introduction by Kenneth J. Rothman ISBN: 0195135547 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Epidemiology: Beyond the Basics by M. Szklo, F. Javier Nieto, Moyses Szklo ISBN: 0834206188 Publisher: Aspen Publishers Pub. Date: 15 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $61.95 |
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Title: Epidemiologic Research : Principles and Quantitative Methods (Industrial Health & Safety) by David G. Kleinbaum, Lawrence L. Kupper, Hal Morgenstern ISBN: 047128985X Publisher: Wiley Pub. Date: 1982 List Price(USD): $110.00 |
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Title: A Dictionary of Epidemiology by John M. Last, Robert A. Spasoff, Susan S. Harris, Michel C. Thuriaux, International Epidemiological Association ISBN: 0195141695 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 15 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Methods in Observational Epidemiology by Jennifer L. Kelsey, Alice S. Whittemore, Alfred S. Evans, W. Douglas Thompson ISBN: 0195083776 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1996 List Price(USD): $57.00 |
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