Health Sciences (HSS)

Foundations of Epidemiology

Author: Marit L. Bovbjerg (Oregon State University)

Year: 2020

Licence: CC BY-NC 4.0

Foundations of Epidemiology is an open access, introductory epidemiology text intended for students and practitioners in public or allied health fields. It covers epidemiologic thinking, causality, incidence and prevalence, public health surveillance, epidemiologic study designs and why we care about which one is used, measures of association, random error and bias, confounding and effect modification, and screening. Concepts are illustrated with numerous examples drawn from contemporary and historical public health issues.

Formats: Pressbooks webbook, EPUB, PDF, and MOBI

Reviews: Open Textbooks Library

Laboratory Exercises in Microbiology: Discovering the Unseen World Through Hands-On Investigation

Susan McLaughlin and Joan Petersen (Queensborough Community College)

2016

Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

The exercises in this laboratory manual are designed to engage students in hand-on activities that reinforce their understanding of the microbial world. Topics covered include: staining and microscopy, metabolic testing, physical and chemical control of microorganisms, and immunology. The target audience is primarily students preparing for a career in the health sciences, however many of the topics would be appropriate for a general microbiology course as well.

Format: PDF

Reviews: Open Textbook Library

Microbiology

Author: Linda Bruslind (Oregon State University)

Year: 2017

Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

In this textbook the focus will be on the bacteria and archaea (traditionally known as the “prokaryotes,”) and the viruses and other acellular agents.

Formats: Pressbooks webbook, EPUB, PDF, and MOBI

Reviews: Open Textbook Library

Microbiology

Author: Nina Parker (Shenandoah University) (OpenStax)

Year: 2016

Licence: CC BY 4.0

Microbiology covers the scope and sequence requirements for a single-semester microbiology course for non-majors. The book presents the core concepts of microbiology with a focus on applications for careers in allied health.

Formats: Online and PDF; online LibreTexts version

Reviews: Open Textbook Library

Microbiology for Allied Health Students

Author(s): Molly Smith and Sara Selby (South Georgia State University)

Year: 2017

Licence: CC BY 4.0

Microbiology for Allied Health Students is designed to cover the scope and sequence requirements for the single semester Microbiology course for non-majors and allied health students. The book presents the core concepts of microbiology with a focus on applications for careers in allied health. The pedagogical features of Microbiology for Allied Health Students make the material interesting and accessible to students while maintaining the career-application focus and scientific rigor inherent in the subject matter.

Format: PDF

Reviews: Open Textbook Library

Statistics 250 – Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis

Author: Brenda Gunderson (University of Michigan)

Revised September 2015

Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

Statistics is the science that turns data into information and information into knowledge. This class covers applied statistical methodology from an analysis-of-data viewpoint. Topics covered include frequency distributions; measures of location; mean, median, mode; measures of dispersion; variance; graphic presentation; elementary probability; populations and samples; sampling distributions; one sample univariate inference problems, and two sample problems; categorical data; regression and correlation; and analysis of variance. Use of computers in data analysis is also explored. 

Formats: PDF and Word

Includes: Workbook and lecture notes

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