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Medical statistics from scratch : an introduction for health professionals / David Bowers, Honorary Lecturer, Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Leeds, UK.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, NJ John Wiley & Sons Inc. 2014Edition: Third editionDescription: xiv, 386 pages : illustrations (black and white, and black, white and green) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781118519387 (paperback) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 610.727 23
LOC classification:
  • RA409
NLM classification:
  • WA 950
Available additional physical forms:
  • Also issued online.
Contents:
First things first? : the nature of data -- Describing data with tables -- Describing data with charts -- Describing data from its shape -- Describing data with measures of location -- Describing data with measures of spread -- Confounding? : like poor(nearly) always with us -- Research design part I observational -- Research design part II experimental studies -- Getting the participants for your study. ways of sampling -- Chance would be a fine thing? : the idea of probability -- Risk and odds -- Estimating the value of a single population parameter? : the idea of confidence intervals -- Using confidence intervals to compare two population parameters -- Confidence intervals for the ratio of two population parameters -- Testing hypotheses about the difference between two population parameters -- The chi-squared test? : what, why, and how? -- Testing hypotheses about the ratio of two population parameters -- Measuring the association between two variables -- Measuring agreement -- Straight line models : linear regression -- Curvy models : logistic regression -- Measuring survival -- Systematic review and meta-analysis -- Diagnostic testing.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

First things first? : the nature of data -- Describing data with tables -- Describing data with charts -- Describing data from its shape -- Describing data with measures of location -- Describing data with measures of spread -- Confounding? : like poor(nearly) always with us -- Research design part I observational -- Research design part II experimental studies -- Getting the participants for your study. ways of sampling -- Chance would be a fine thing? : the idea of probability -- Risk and odds -- Estimating the value of a single population parameter? : the idea of confidence intervals -- Using confidence intervals to compare two population parameters -- Confidence intervals for the ratio of two population parameters -- Testing hypotheses about the difference between two population parameters -- The chi-squared test? : what, why, and how? -- Testing hypotheses about the ratio of two population parameters -- Measuring the association between two variables -- Measuring agreement -- Straight line models : linear regression -- Curvy models : logistic regression -- Measuring survival -- Systematic review and meta-analysis -- Diagnostic testing.

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.

Also issued online.

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