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100	1		_aKraemer, Helena Chmura.
245	1	0	_aTo Your Health : _bHow to Understand What Research Tells Us about Risk.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aNew York : _bOxford University Press, Incorporated, _c2005.
264		4	_c©2005.
300			_a1 online resource (289 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aIntro -- Contents -- Introduction: Why Did We Write This Book? -- Part I: The Basics of Risk -- 1 What Is Risk? -- 2 What Is a Risk Factor? -- 3 Are All Risk Factors Equal? Types of Risk Factors -- 4 How Do We Know If Something Is an Important Risk Factor? Statistical and Clinical Significance -- 5 How Do Risk Factors Work Together? Moderators, Mediators, and Other "Inter-actions" -- Part II: How to Recognize Good and Bad Research -- 6 Who Was in the Study and Why Does That Matter? Sampling -- 7 What Is the Difference between a Risk Factor and a Cause? Research Design -- 8 What Else Should We Pay Attention To? Reliability and Validity of Measurements and Diagnoses -- Part III: Cutting-Edge Approaches -- 9 How Strong Is the Risk Factor? Potency -- 10 How Do We Do a Moderator-Mediator Analysis? -- 11 How Do We Use Multiple Risk Factors? ROC Tree Methods -- Part IV: Where Do We Go from Here? -- 12 Where Are We Now? -- 13 Making the Best of Good Studies -- 14 Hope for the Future -- Appendix: Mathematical Demonstrations -- Glossary -- C -- D -- F -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
520			_aThe public is bombarded daily with reports about risk factors, many conflicting with each other, other accepted as "scientific truth" for awhile, then scientifically disproved, yet others questionable that later prove to be true. Physicians are faced with trying to make sense of those conflicting or questionable results in the scientific literature in order to guide their patients to the best possible decisions. The situation is not much easier for scientists who may waste years of their productive life, and considerable resources, basing their research efforts on what prove to be misleading earlier research findings. What this book does is to present, in non "academese" and with many examples from the general media and scientific journals, a guide to a critical reading of research reports, which, in turn, serves as a guide to researchers as to which approaches are likely to be regarded with raised eyebrows, and what they need to do to generate results that will be taken seriously. This stimulating and helpful book was written for informed consumers and physicians as well as for scientists evaluating the risk research literature or contemplating projects on risk research.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aSelf-care, Health.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
700	1		_aLowe,, Karen Kraemer.
700	1		_aKupfer, David J.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aKraemer, Helena Chmura _tTo Your Health _dNew York : Oxford University Press, Incorporated,c2005 _z9780195178708
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3053669 _zClick to View
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