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008			141006s2014 enka b |001 0|eng d
010			_a2014020550
020			_a9781118519387 (paperback) : _c£34.99
035			_a(DNLM)101633402
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060	1	0	_aWA 950
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100	1		_aBowers, David, _d1938- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aMedical statistics from scratch : _ban introduction for health professionals / _cDavid Bowers, Honorary Lecturer, Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Leeds, UK.
250			_aThird edition.
260			_aChichester, West Sussex : _bWiley Blackwell, _c2014.
263			_a1501
264		1	_aChichester, West Sussex, UK ; _aHoboken, NJ _bJohn Wiley & Sons Inc. _c2014
300			_axiv, 386 pages : _billustrations (black and white, and black, white and green) ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
500			_aFormerly CIP. _5Uk
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aFirst 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.
520	8		_aThis 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.
530			_aAlso issued online.
650		0	_aMedical statistics.
650		0	_aMedicine _xResearch _xStatistical methods.
650	1	2	_aBiometry
650	2	2	_aStatistics as Topic _xmethods
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