ABSTRACT
Our journey to Bayesian methods for epidemiology begins with this chapter. This chapter consists of two parts: a review of the statistical methods used in epidemiology, and a preview of the other seven chapters and two appendices. Statistical methods in epidemiology appear in two ways: in those books that more or less center around statistics, and those epidemiology books that have some data analysis methods. A brief review of statistics books with methods for epidemiology and of epidemiology books with statistical methods will be conducted. The latter part of the chapter presents a detailed preview of the following chapters, and the last section contains some comments on the future of statistics in epidemiology, with an emphasis on Bayesian methods.
