Introduction |
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Chapter 1 Language Elements |
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1.1 Data representation in Stata |
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1.1.2 Creating and manipulating variables |
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1.1.3 Indexed or criteria-based selection of observations |
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1.1.4 Processing the missing values |
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1.1.6 Importing external data |
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1.1.7 Variable management |
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1.1.8 Converting a numerical variable into a categorical variable |
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1.2 Descriptive univariate statistics and estimation |
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1.2.1 Summarizing a numerical variable |
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1.2.2 Summarizing a categorical variable |
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1.3 Bivariate descriptive statistics |
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1.3.1 Describing a numeric variable by the levels of a categorical variable |
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1.3.2 Describing two qualitative variables |
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Chapter 2 Measures of Association, Comparisons of Means and Proportions for Two Samples or More |
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2.1 Comparisons of two group means |
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2.1.1 Independent samples |
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2.1.2 Non-independent samples |
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2.1.3 Non-parametric approach |
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2.2 Comparaisons of two proportions |
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2.2.1 Independent samples |
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2.2.2 Non-independent samples |
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2.4.2 Pairwise comparisons of means |
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2.4.4 Computing specific contrasts |
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2.4.5 Non-parametric approach |
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Chapter 3 Linear Regression |
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3.1 Measures of association between two numeric variables |
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3.1.1 Bivariate descriptive statistics |
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3.1.2 Pearson's correlation |
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3.1.3 Non-parametric correlation |
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3.2.1 Estimation of the model parameters |
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3.2.2 Pointwise and interval-based prediction |
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3.3 Multiple linear regression |
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Chapter 4 Logistic Regression and Epidemiological Analyses |
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4.1 Measures of association in epidemiology |
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4.1.1 Prognostic studies and risk measures |
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4.2.1 Estimation of the model parameters |
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4.2.2 Logistic regression and diagnostic studies |
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4.2.3 Point and interval prediction |
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4.2.4 Case of grouped data |
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Chapter 5 Survival Data Analysis |
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5.1 Data representation and descriptive statistics |
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5.1.1 Survival data representation format |
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5.2 Descriptive statistics |
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5.3 Survival function and Kaplan-Meier curve |
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5.3.3 Cumulative hazard function |
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5.3.4 Survival functions equality test |
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Bibliography |
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Index |
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