This self-instructional manual on the interpretation and use of epidemiologic data deals with the basic concepts and skills needed for the appraisal of published reports or one's own findings. Applications in clinical medicine, public health, community medicine, and research are all taken into consideration. Making Sense of Data is designed as a workbook of short exercises and instructional self-tests that introduce fundamental approaches and procedures in data interpretation and develop competency in working with epidemiologic tools. Basic concepts are presented in the first...

• A simple and systematic guide to the planning and performance of investigations concerned with health and disease and with health care
• Offers researchers help in choosing a topic and to think about shaping objectives and ideas and to link these with the appropriate choice of method
• Fully updated with new sections on the use of the Web and computer programmes freely available in the planning, performance or analysis of studies