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

• National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Control & Population Sciences, Implementation Science Archived Webinars (over 60 in total).
• Implementation Guide. Department of Veterans Health Administration, Health Services Research & Development, Quality Enhancement Research Initiative. Updated 2013. 

Basic and Complex Biostatistics

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