High-Yield Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Public Health (High-Yield Series) Fourth Edition

Great condition

I used this book to supplement my M1 course in biostats. It has all the topics and they are presented completely and clearly for the most part, though I'd like to see more specific short examples. My main complaint is that there are some errors as follows:page 71 I think the formula for specificity is wrongpage 94 there is an example where the Population Attributable Risk is calculated to be 0.068 and the next sentence refers to 7.2%, which may have been the value in a previous edition. Confusing.These are just the errors I noticed that didn't agree with my course or with the First Aid stats section. Made me nervous that there might be other errata that I didn't notice because I'm not as familiar with the topic. All in all seems like a good source for Step 1, but I can't yet confirm this.Update 1/30/14:I emailed the author about the above mentioned errors and he promptly replied.My email to him:On page 71 of the 4th edition of "High-Yield Biostatistics..." Specificity is given in an equation with "number testing positive who do not have the disease (TN)" in the numerator of the given equation. Based on what is written on page 70 and what I've seen in other sources, shouldn't the numerator of the specificity equation be "number testing NEGATIVE who do not have the disease (TN)?" Is this a misprint in the new edition?His reply included the following:"There is one other error too: In Chapter 8, page 90 the numerator in the equation for Prevalence rate reads "number of new cases of the disease". The word "new" should not be there. In the text the definition is correct, but in the equation it is not."I give the product 4 stars because of the above mentioned errors and 5 because of the quick response from the author. Hopefully the next edition can be fully corrected and will be a 5 star product.

Nice review book.

As an instructor of modules in epidemiology and biostatistics for freshman medical students, I find the fourth edition of Glaser's biostatistics and epidemiology book to be a noteworthy revision of earlier editions. Explanations of likelihood ratios, survival analysis, Cox hazard analysis and information on meta-analyses, effectiveness research and decision analysis address omissions in earlier publications. Unfortunately, in an unnecessary attempt to come in at 100 pages or less mention of hypothesis testing of multiple groups (ANOVA) and non-parametric testing (Wilcoxon sign rank, etc.) get short shrift. And more egregiously, all end-of-chapter questions (and answers) have been eliminated.I will be telling my students to purchase the new edition but borrow an old edition for the problem-solving sections.As to delivery of the book; UPS left it on the front porch in a rain storm. After 2 days of drying, the book is usable but wrinkled.

i only needed this book for the usmle. it has some useful information in it, but overall i think its less than satisfactory. there are definitely better options for the usmle as this one often times just makes a topic a little more confusing. usmleworld subject review was way more helpful for me.

A+

Worth the money

Very clear, concise summary of concepts, with only one challenge I saw. The chapter on sensitivity/specificity, predictive values, and likelihood ratios left me completely confused on how to differentiate the measures. I felt like as the chapter drug on, the distinctions became less and less clear, and I'm not sure exactly how it should have been done differently, but it just didn't work for me. But don't let that stop you from getting this book, as it's otherwise very helpful. Just work on that particular chapter.