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Additional Learning Resources

Books

Data Management

  • Data management using stata a practical handbook by Mitchell

Comprehensive Review of Statistics

  • Intuitive biostatistics by Motulsky
  • Discovering statistics using IBM SPSS statistics by Field

Linear Regression

  • Discovering statistics using IBM SPSS statistics by Field
  • Interpreting and visualizing regression models using stata

Logistic Regression

  • Applied Logistic regression by Hosmer & Lemeshow
  • Regression models for categorical dependent variables using stata by Long & Freese
  • Logistic regression a self learning text by Kleinbaum

Survival/Time to Event Analysis

  • An introduction to survival analysis using stata by Cleves, Gould and Marchenko
  • Survival analysis a self learning text by Kleinbaum and Klein
  • Applied survival analysis by Hosmer and Lemeshow

Hierarchical Modeling/Non-Independent Data

  • Multilevel and longitudinal modeling using stata by Rabe-Hesketh & Sandoval

Propensity Scores

  • Propensity score analysis by Guo & Fraser
  • Counterfactuals and causal inference by Morgan & Winship

Mixed Methods

  • A concise introduction to mixed methods research by Creswell
  • Designing and conducting mixed methods research by Creswell & Clark Creswell J
  • Plano Clark V. (2017).Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research, 3rd Ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
  • Greene, J. (2007). Mixed Methods in Social Inquiry. San Francisco, CA: John Wiley and Sons.

Qualitative Methods

  • General
    • Lincoln, Y.S. & Guba, E.G. (1985). Naturalistic inquiry. Newbury Park: Sage Publications.
    • Lindlof, T.R. & Taylor, B.C. (2002). Qualitative communication research methods, 2nd Ed. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
    • Schwandt, T.A. (2015). SAGE Dictionary of qualitative inquiry, 4th Ed. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
    • Qualitative methods in public health by Tolley
    • Designing qualitative research by Marshall & Rossman
  • Interviewing
    • Holstein, J.A. & Gubrium, J.F. (1995). The active interview. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
    • Steinar, K. (1996). InterViews: An Introduction to Qualitative Research Interviewing. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
    • Rubin, H.J. & Rubin, I.S. (2011). Qualitative interviewing: The art of hearing data, 3rd Ed. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
  • Fieldwork and Ethnography
    • Emerson, R.M. (Ed.) (2001). Contemporary field research, 2nd Ed. Prospect Heights: Waveland Press.
    • Emerson, R.M., Fretz, R.I. & Shaw, L.L. (2011). Writing ethnographic fieldnotes, 2nd Ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
    • Lofland, J. & Lofland, L.H. (2005). Analyzing social settings: A guide to qualitative observation and analysis, 4th Ed. Belmont: Wadsworth Publishing Company.
  • Case Studies
    • Stake, Robert E. The Art of Case Study Research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1995.
    • Yin, R.K. (2017). Case study research: Design and methods, 6th Ed. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
  • Focus Groups
    • Morgan, D. L. (2018). Basic and Advanced Focus Groups, 1st Ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
    • Morgan, D. L. (1997). Focus Groups as Qualitative Research, 2nd Ed. Qualitative Research Methods Series 16. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
  • Data Analysis
    • Coffey, A. & Atkinson, P. (1996). Making sense of qualitative data: Complementary research strategies. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
    • Miles, M.B., Huberman, A.M., & Saldana, J. (2019). Qualitative data analysis: A methods sourcebook, 4th Ed. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
    • Corbin, J.M. & Strauss, A.L. (2007). Basics of qualitative research: Techniques and procedures for developing grounded theory, 3rd Ed. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
    • Wolcott, H.F. (1990). Writing up qualitative research. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
  • Coding
    • The coding manual for qualitative researchers by Saldana

Study Design and Bias

  • Epidemiology beyond the basics by Szklo & Nieto
  • Counterfactuals and causal inference by Morgan & Winship
  • Design of observational studies by Rosenbaum

Survey Research

  • Dillman, D. Smyth, J.D. & Christian, L.M. (2014). Internet, phone, mail, and mixed mode surveys: The tailored design method, 4th Ed. Wiley Publishing.
  • Fowler, F.J. (2013). Survey research methods (Applied social research methods), 5th Ed. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
  • Rea, L.M. & Parker, R.A. (2014). Designing and conducting survey research: A comprehensive guide, 4th Ed. Jossey-Bass Publishing.

Implementation Science

  • Brownson, R.C., Colditz, G.A. & Proctor E.K. (Eds). (2017). Dissemination and implementation research in health: Translating science to practice, 2nd Ed. Oxford University Press.
  • Chambers, D.A., Vinson, C.A. & Norton, W.E. (Eds). (2018). Advancing the science of implementation across the cancer continuum. Oxford University Press.

Online Resources

Video

  • Videos explaining how to use Stata: Stata YouTube channel
  • Health Services Research Methods and Implementation Science: Catalog of Cyberseminars. Department of Veterans Health Administration, Health Services Research & Development.

Implementation Science

Basic and Complex Biostatistics

  • Exercises from several textbooks and explanations of many statistical tests with accompanying Stata code
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