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ISBN
9781118519387
Subject Area
Science, Medical
Publication Name
Medical Statistics from Scratch : an Introduction for Health Professionals
Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
Item Length
9.4 in
Subject
Biostatistics, Life Sciences / Biology
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.8 in
Author
David Bowers
Item Weight
26.5 Oz
Item Width
6.6 in
Number of Pages
408 Pages

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
1118519388
ISBN-13
9781118519387
eBay Product ID (ePID)
204108326

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
408 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Medical Statistics from Scratch : an Introduction for Health Professionals
Publication Year
2014
Subject
Biostatistics, Life Sciences / Biology
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Science, Medical
Author
David Bowers
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
26.5 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
6.6 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number
3
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2014-020550
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
610.72/7
Table Of Content
Preface to the 3rd Edition xv Preface to the 2nd Edition xvii Preface to the 1st Edition xix Introduction xxi I Some Fundamental Stuff 1 1 First things first - the nature of data 3 II Descriptive Statistics 15 2 Describing data with tables 17 3 Every picture tells a story - describing data with charts 31 4 Describing data from its shape 49 5 Numbers R us 59 6 Measures of spread 72 III The Confounding Problem 87 7 Confounding - like the poor, (nearly) always with us 89 IV Design and Data 97 8 Research design - Part I: Observational study designs 99 9 Research design - Part II: Getting stuck in - experimental studies 118 10 Getting the participants for your study: ways of sampling 127 V Chance Would be a Fine Thing 135 11 The idea of probability 137 12 Risk and odds 145 VI The Informed Guess - An Introduction to Confidence Intervals 161 13 Estimating the value of a single population parameter - the idea of confidence intervals 163 14 Using confidence intervals to compare two population parameters 175 15 Confidence intervals for the ratio of two population parameters 191 VII Putting it to the Test 201 16 Testing hypotheses about the difference between two population parameters 203 17 The chi-squared (2) test - what, why, and how? 226 18 Testing hypotheses about the ratio of two population parameters 239 VIII Becoming Acquainted 245 19 Measuring the association between two variables 247 20 Measuring agreement 260 IX Getting into a Relationship 267 21 Straight line models: linear regression 269 22 Curvy models: Logistic regression 294 X Three More Chapters 309 23 Measuring survival 311 24 Systematic review and meta-analysis 325 25 Diagnostic testing 336 Appendix: Table of random numbers 342 References 343 Solutions to Exercises 353 Index 381
Synopsis
Correctly understanding and using medical statistics is a key skill for all medical students and health professionals. In an informal and friendly style, Medical Statistics from Scratch provides a practical foundation for everyone whose first interest is probably not medical statistics. Keeping the level of mathematics to a minimum, it clearly illustrates statistical concepts and practice with numerous real world examples and cases drawn from current medical literature. This fully revised and updated third edition includes new material on:  missing data, random allocation and concealment of data intra-class correlation coefficient effect modification and interaction diagnostic testing and the ROC curve standardisation Medical Statistics from Scratch is an ideal learning partner for all medical students and health professionals needing an accessible introduction, or a friendly refresher, to the fundamentals of medical statistics., Correctly understanding and using medical statistics is a key skill for all medical students and health professionals. In an informal and friendly style, Medical Statistics from Scratch provides a practical foundation for everyone whose first interest is probably not medical statistics. Keeping the level of mathematics to a minimum, it clearly illustrates statistical concepts and practice with numerous real world examples and cases drawn from current medical literature. This fully revised and updated third edition includes new material on: missing data, random allocation and concealment of data intra-class correlation coefficient effect modification and interaction diagnostic testing and the ROC curve standardisation Medical Statistics from Scratch is an ideal learning partner for all medical students and health professionals needing an accessible introduction, or a friendly refresher, to the fundamentals of medical statistics., This text takes on an informal style to appeal to the reader whose first interest is probably not medical statistics. It looks at the most important procedures for the analysis of data, from the calculation of simple proportions to a variety of statistical tests.
LC Classification Number
RA409

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