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Medical statistics at a glance /

By: Petrie, Aviva.
Contributor(s): Sabin, Caroline.
Publisher: Malden, Mass. : Blackwell, 2005Edition: 2nd ed.Description: 157 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781405127806 (alk. paper); 9781405127806:; 1405127805 (alk. paper).Subject(s): Medical statistics | StatisticsDDC classification: 610.727
Contents:
Types of data -- Data entry -- Error checking and outliers -- Displaying data graphically -- Describing data I: the "average" -- Describing data II: the "spread" -- Theoretical distributions I: the normal distribution -- Theoretical distributions II: other distributions -- Transformations -- Sampling and sampling distributions -- Confidence intervals -- Study design I -- Study design II -- Clinical trials -- Cohort studies -- Case-control studies -- Hypothesis testing -- Errors in hypothesis testing -- A single group -- Two related groups -- Two unrelated groups -- More than two groups -- A single proportion -- Two proportions -- More than two categories -- Correlation -- The theory of linear regression -- Performing a linear regression analysis -- Multiple linear regression analysis -- Binary outcomes and logistic regression -- Rates and Poisson regression -- Generalized linear models -- Explanatory variables in statistical models -- Issues in statistical modelling -- Checking assumptions -- Sample size calculations -- Presenting results -- Diagnostic tools -- Assessing agreement -- Evidence-based medicine -- Methods for clustered data -- Regression methods clustered data -- Systematic reviews and meta-analysis -- Survival analysis -- Bayesian methods.
Summary: This work covers a number of topics on different aspects of medical statistics. The authors have provided a basic introduction to the underlying concepts of medical statistics and a guide to the most commonly-used statistical procedures.
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Types of data -- Data entry -- Error checking and outliers -- Displaying data graphically -- Describing data I: the "average" -- Describing data II: the "spread" -- Theoretical distributions I: the normal distribution -- Theoretical distributions II: other distributions -- Transformations -- Sampling and sampling distributions -- Confidence intervals -- Study design I -- Study design II -- Clinical trials -- Cohort studies -- Case-control studies -- Hypothesis testing -- Errors in hypothesis testing -- A single group -- Two related groups -- Two unrelated groups -- More than two groups -- A single proportion -- Two proportions -- More than two categories -- Correlation -- The theory of linear regression -- Performing a linear regression analysis -- Multiple linear regression analysis -- Binary outcomes and logistic regression -- Rates and Poisson regression -- Generalized linear models -- Explanatory variables in statistical models -- Issues in statistical modelling -- Checking assumptions -- Sample size calculations -- Presenting results -- Diagnostic tools -- Assessing agreement -- Evidence-based medicine -- Methods for clustered data -- Regression methods clustered data -- Systematic reviews and meta-analysis -- Survival analysis -- Bayesian methods.

This work covers a number of topics on different aspects of medical statistics. The authors have provided a basic introduction to the underlying concepts of medical statistics and a guide to the most commonly-used statistical procedures.

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