Introduction to Medical Statistics - 4th Edition

An Introduction to Medical Statistics, fourth edition, is a 'must-have' textbook. Written in an easy-to-understand style and packed with real life examples, the text clearly explains the common statistical methods seen in published research and guidelines, as well as how to interpret and analyse statistics for clinical practice.

Sommario

• 1: Introduction


• 2: The Design of Experiments


• 3: Sampling and observational studies


• 4: Summarizing data


• 5: Presenting data


• 6: Probability


• 7: The Normal distribution


• 8: Estimation


• 9: Significance tests


• 10: Comparing the means of small samples


• 11: Regression and correlation


• 12: Methods based on rank order


• 13: The analysis of cross-tabulations


• 14: Choosing the statistical method


• 15: Multifactorial methods


• 16: Time to event data


• 17: Meta-analysis


• 18: Determination of sample size


• 19: Missing data


• 20: Clinical measurement


• 21: Mortality statistics and population structure


• 22: The Bayesian approach


• 23: Appendix A Suggested answers to exercises

Info autore

J. Martin Bland, Professor of Health Statistics, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, UK

Riassunto

An Introduction to Medical Statistics, fourth edition, is a 'must-have' textbook. Written in an easy-to-understand style and packed with real life examples, the text clearly explains the common statistical methods seen in published research and guidelines, as well as how to interpret and analyse statistics for clinical practice.

Testo aggiuntivo

This is an excellent resource for members of the medical profession looking to understand statistics used in everyday literature.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Martin Bland, Martin (Professor of Health Statistics Bland, Bland Martin
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 23.07.2015
• EAN: 9780199589920
• ISBN: 978-0-19-958992-0
• Pagine: 448
• Dimensioni: 195 mm x 245 mm x 30 mm
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali; Epidemiology & medical statistics, MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General, MEDICAL / Biostatistics, MEDICAL / Epidemiology, Probability & statistics, Probability and statistics, Epidemiology and Medical statistics