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Statistical Modeling

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This chapter starts with a brief essay that reminds us of the nature of statistical modeling and its inherent limitations. Statistical modeling encompasses a wide range of techniques with different levels of complexity. We limit this chapter mostly to an introductory-level treatment of some techniques that have gained prominence in epidemiology. For more in-depth coverage and for other topics we refer to other didactical sources. Every health researcher is likely, at some point in her career, to make use of statistical smoothing techniques, logistic regression, modeling of probability functions, or time-to event analysis. These topics are introduced in this chapter (using Panel 24.1 terminology), and so is the increasingly important topic of cost-­effectiveness analysis.

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  • Economic Evaluation
  • Probability Function
  • Cost Effectiveness Analysis
  • Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis
  • Incremental Cost Effectiveness Ratio

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All models are wrong, some models are useful.

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    Jan Van den Broeck M.D., Ph.D., Lars Thore Fadnes M.D., Ph.D. & Bjarne Robberstad M.Sc., Ph.D.

  2. Department of Biostatistics and Demography, Faculty of Public Health, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

    Bandit Thinkhamrop Ph.D.

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Van den Broeck, J., Fadnes, L.T., Robberstad, B., Thinkhamrop, B. (2013). Statistical Modeling. In: Van den Broeck, J., Brestoff, J. (eds) Epidemiology: Principles and Practical Guidelines. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5989-3_24

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