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Informationen zum Autor Alvan R. Feinstein Klappentext The first book on the market to encourage readers to think about data and statistical procedures! rather than just learn "cook book" recipes. During the course of a career clinicians and biomedical researchers are constantly confronted with statistical reports! which require them to make a decision that may affect patient care or the investigation/appraisal of data. The author of this volume provides the reader with the awareness! that they have a substantial education in biomedical phenomena! which will help them obtain! organize! and evaluate statistical data so they can make more intelligent informed decisions. Designed for use as a textbook and reference! the author of the book provides a very thorough up to date treatment of the topic as opposed to the usual superficial coverage found in many other books on this subject. Zusammenfassung It covers many of the newew statistical methods and approaches and is arranged in a logical sequence that advances from simple to more elaborate results. The text describes all the conventional statistical procedures and offers reasonably rigorous accounts of many of their mathematical justifications. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionFormation and Expression of DataEVALUATING A SINGLE GROUP OF DATACentral Index of a GroupIndexes of Inner LocationInner Zones and SpreadsProbabilities and Standardized IndexesStability and Confidence Intervals: Means and MediansStability and Confidence Intervals: Binary ProportionsCommunication and Display of Univariate DataCOMPARING TWO GROUPS OF DATAQuantitative Contrasts: The Magnitude of DistinctionsTesting Stochastic HypothesesPermutation Procedures: Fisher Exact and Pitman-Welch TestsParametric Contrasts: Z and t TestsChi-Square Test and Evaluation of Two ProportionsNon-Parametric Rank TestsDisplays and Interpretations for Two-Group Contrasts Special Arrangements for Rates and ProportionsEVALUATING ASSOCIATIONSPrinciples of AssociationsEvaluating TrendsEvaluating ConcordancesConformity and Marker TestsSurvival and Longitudinal AnalysesADDITIONAL ACTIVITIESAlternative Hypotheses and Statistical 'Power'Testing for 'Equivalence'Multiple Stochastic TestingStratifications! Matchings! and Other "Adjustments."Indexes of Categorical AssociationNon-Targeted AnalysesAnalysis of VarianceREFERENCESINDEXANSWERS TO EXERCISES. ...
