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Epi Wit & Wisdom Resources
More About “Best Books”
(2 of 3)
Although still nothing to brag
about, the response rate for our bookshelf contest has increased 40%
since last month. As we go to press, 57 readers have submitted just
short of 500 votes for books considered “most deserving to be on an
epidemiologist’s bookshelf.” Well over 100 different titles have now
been nominated for the honor. Interestingly, the voting pattern seems
to be very consistent with previous votes cast.
The top ten vote getters to date
are:
Title, Author(s), number of
nominations,
percent of readers mentioning
1. Epidemiologic Research,
Kleinbaum,
Kupper, Morganstern, 40, 70.2%
2. Case-Control Studies,
Schlesselman, 38 , 66.7%
3. Statistical Methods for Rates
and Proportions, Fleiss, 36, 63.2%
4. Foundations in Epidemiology,
Lilienfeld & Lilienfeld, 27, 47.4%
5. A Dictionary of Epidemiology,
Last, 26, 45.6%
6. Epidemiology Principles and
Methods, MacMahon & Pugh, 18, 31.6%
6. Control of Communicable
Diseases in Man, Benenson, 18, 31.6%
7. Epidemiology: An Introductory
Text, Mausner & Bahn, Mausner & Kramer, 15, 26.3%
7. Statistical Methods in Cancer
Research, Vol 1, The Analysis of Case Control Studies, Breslow & Day,
12, 26.3%
8. Cancer Epidemiology and
Prevention, Schottenfeld & Fraumeni, 12, 21.1%
8. Epidemiological Analysis with
a Programmable Calculator, Rothman & Boice, 12, 21.1%
9. An Introduction to
Epidemiological Methods, Kahn, 11, 19.2%
10. Public Health and Preventive
Medicine, Last, 10, 17.5%
10. Preventive Medicine,
Rosenbaum, 10, 17.5%
10. Eleven Blue Men, Roueche,
10, 17.5%
10. Statistical Methods,
Snedecor & Cochran, 10, 17.5%
The three titles by Kleinbaum,
Kupper, Morganstern, Schlesselman and Fleiss were mentioned by more
than 50% of the readers responding, and all three have received a
nearly identical number of votes. About two thirds of the readers have
mentioned these titles.
As was the case last month when
we reported the initial results, there were a few unexpected titles
mentioned by one or more readers (usually one). We thought you might
be interested in learning about these “dark horses.” They now include:
The Epidemic Intelligence Service Course Notes; The Complete Sherlock
Holmes; How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper; War and Peace,
Faith of A Heretic; the Mar-Apr 1985 issue of Public Health Reports;
Rats, Lice, and History; The Injury Fact Book; Studying a Study and
Testing a Test; The American Heritage Dictionary; Where There is No
Doctor; Modern Epidemiology (not published yet); Plagues and People;
Social Transformation of American Medicine; the Merck Manual; and the
Bible (multiple authors).
Published June 1985
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