Handbook Of Health Survey Methods

Handbook of Health Survey Methods is the only comprehensive, self-contained resource that presents the statistical techniques need for working with the data, respondents, and challenges that are specific to health survey research. An ideal reference/refresher for academics and practitioners who apply survey methods and analyze data in the fields of biomedicine, public health, epidemiology, and biostatistics, the book guides readers through the development of sample designs, data collection procedures, and analysis methods for studies aimed at gathering health information on a general or targeted population.

Timothy P. Johnson, PhD, is Director of the Survey Research Laboratory and Professor of Public Administration at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), where he is also Research Professor of Epidemiology and Deputy Director for Evaluation and Tracking of the UIC Center for Clinical and Translational Research. Dr. Johnson is the author of numerous journal articles and is the coeditor of Survey Methods in Multicultural, Multinational, and Multiregional Contexts, also published by Wiley.