Statistics of infectious diseases


Book: 
Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Teaching Statistics
Authors: 
Becker, N. G.
Editors: 
Vere-Jones, D., Carlyle, S., & Dawkins, B. P.
Category: 
Volume: 
2
Pages: 
18-Sep
Year: 
1991
Publisher: 
International Statistical Institute
Place: 
Voorburg, Netherlands
Abstract: 

There remains much scope for statisticians to contribute to the understanding and control of infectious diseases, since much remains unknown about properties of the diseases and their spread. Analysis of infectious disease data presents several challenges to statisticians.

The CAUSE Research Group is supported in part by a member initiative grant from the American Statistical Association’s Section on Statistics and Data Science Education