Measures of Potential Impact

David G. Kleinbaum, Kevin M. Sullivan and Nancy D. Barker
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David G. Kleinbaum: Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health
Kevin M. Sullivan: Emory University, Department of Epidemiology Rollins School of Public Health

Chapter LESSON 6 in ActivEpi Companion Textbook, 2013, pp 139-173 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In the previous lesson on Measures of Effect, we focused exclusively on ratio measures of effect. In this lesson, we consider difference measures of effect and other related measures that allow the investigator to consider the potential public health impact of the results obtained from an epidemiologic study.

Keywords: Risk Ratio; Cumulative Incidence; Excess Risk; Prevent Fraction; Risk Difference (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-5428-1_6

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