Statistical Methods in Psychiatry and Related Fields - 9780367657529

CRC Press

Statistical Methods in Psychiatry and Related FieldsLongitudinal, Clustered, and Other Repeated Measures Data\nAuthor(s): Ralitza Gueorguieva\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Chapman & Hall/CRC\nISBN-13: 9780367657529, 978-0367657529\nSynopsis\nData collected in psychiatry and related fields are complex because outcomes are rarely directly observed, there are multiple correlated repeated measures within individuals, there is natural heterogeneity in treatment responses and in other characteristics in the populations.\n\nSimple statistical methods do not work well with such data. More advanced statistical methods capture the data complexity better, but are difficult to apply appropriately and correctly by investigators who do not have advanced training in statistics.\n\nThis book presents, at a non-technical level, several approaches for the analysis of correlated data: mixed models for continuous and categorical outcomes, nonparame.