Methods of Clinical Epidemiology

Part I. Clinical Agreement

1. Clinical Agreement in Qualitative Measurements
Sophie Vanbelle

2. Clinical Agreement in Quantitative Measurements
Abhaya Indrayan

3. Disagreement Plots and the Intraclass Correlation in Agreement Studies
Suhail A. R. Doi

4. The Coefficient of Variation as an Index of Measurement Reliability
Orit Shechtman

Part II. Diagnostic Tests

5. Using and Interpreting Diagnostic Tests with Dichotomous or Polychotomous Results
Cristian Baicus

6. Using and Interpreting Diagnostic Tests with Quantitative Results
Suhail A. R. Doi

7. Sample Size Considerations for Diagnostic Tests
Rajeev Kumar Malhotra

8. An Introduction to Diagnostic Meta-analysis
María Nieves Plana, Víctor Abraira, Javier Zamora

9. Health Technology Assessments of Diagnostic Tests
Rosmin Esmail

Part III. Modeling Binary and Time-to-Event Outcomes

10. Modelling Binary Outcomes
Gail M. Williams, Robert Ware

11. Modelling Time-to-Event Data
Gail M. Williams, Robert Ware

Part IV. Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis

12. Systematic Reviewing
Justin Clark

13. Quality Assessment in Meta-analysis
Maren Dreier

14. Meta-analysis I
Suhail A. R. Doi, Jan J. Barendregt

15. Meta-analysis II
Adedayo A. Onitilo, Suhail A. R. Doi, Jan J. Barendregt

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Epidemiology, Computer Appl. in Life Sciences, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics