| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 331 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Uses and abuses of medical statistics -- Describing and displaying categorical data -- Describing and displaying quantitative data -- Probability and decision making -- Distributions -- Populations, samples, standard errors and confidence intervals -- p-values and statistical inference -- Tests for comparing two groups of categorical or continuous data -- Correlation and linear regression -- Survival analysis -- Reliability and method comparison studies -- Observational studies -- The randomised controlled trial -- Sample size issues -- Common pitfall |
| Summary |
Provides students and practitioners with a clear, concise introduction to the statistics they will come across in their regular reading of clinical papers. Written by three experts with wide teaching and consulting experience, Medical Statistics: A Textbook for the Health Sciences, Fourth Edition: Assumes no prior knowledge of statistics; Covers all essential statistical methods; Completely revised, updated and expanded; Includes numerous examples and exercises on the interpretation of the statistics in papers published in medical journals. From the reviews of the previous edition:. "The |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Kursbok |
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English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Medical statistics.
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Medicine -- Research -- Statistical methods
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Statistics.
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Biometry -- methods
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Research Design
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Statistics as Topic
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MEDICAL -- Biostatistics.
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Statistics
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Medical statistics.
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Medicine -- Research -- Statistical methods.
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Medizinische Statistik
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Statistiek.
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Geneeskunde.
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| Genre/Form |
Statistics
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Medical statistics.
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Medical statistics.
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Statistics.
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Statistiques.
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Einführung.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Walters, Stephen John
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Machin, David, 1939-
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| ISBN |
9780470976630 |
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0470976632 |
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0470025220 |
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9780470025222 |
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1282889303 |
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9781282889309 |
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9786612889301 |
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6612889306 |
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