Clinician''s Guide to Statistics and Epidemiology in Mental Health - Measuring Truth and Uncertainty

Informationen zum Autor fm.author_biographical_note1 Klappentext Describes statistical concepts in plain English with minimal mathematical content! giving an insight into which statistics to believe - and why. Zusammenfassung Accessible and clinically relevant! A Clinician's Guide to Statistics and Epidemiology in Mental Health describes statistical concepts in plain English with minimal mathematical content. Perfect for the busy health professional who wants to know which statistics to believe - and why. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Basic Concepts: 1. Why data never speak for themselves; 2. Why you cannot believe your eyes: the three C's; 3. Levels of evidence; Part II. Bias: 4. Types of bias; 5. Randomization; 6. Regression; Part III. Chance: 7. Hypothesis testing: the dreaded p-value and statistical significance; 8. The use of hypothesis testing statistics in clinical trials; 9. The alternative effect estimation; Part IV. Causation: 10. What does causation mean?; 11. A philosophy of statistics; Part V. The Limits of Statistics: 12. Evidence-based medicine: defense and criticisms; 13. The alchemy of meta-analysis; 14. Bayesian statistics: why your opinion counts; Part VI. The Politics of Statistics: 15. How journal articles get published; 16. How scientific research impacts practice; 17. Dollars! data! and drugs; 18. Bioethics and the clinician/researcher divide; Appendix. Regression models and multivariable analysis.

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• Authors: S. Nassir Ghaemi, S. Nassir (Tufts University Ghaemi
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.07.2009
• EAN: 9780521709583
• ISBN: 978-0-521-70958-3
• No. of pages: 166
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology