Title Basic statistics for health information management technology / Carol E. Osborn

Published Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett, [2008] ©2008

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Description xii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Contents Basic statistical data used in acute care facilities -- Population based morbidity and mortality measures -- Graphic display of data -- Introduction to measurement -- Measures of central tendency and variability -- The normal distribution and statistical inference -- Hypothesis testing and statistical inference -- Measures of association Summary "From the author of Statistical Applications for Health Information Management: this text provides a solid foundation of the fundamentals of statistics in health information technology in an accessible and reader-friendly format." "A single case study is woven throughout the book to serve as an example for each statistical process covered. Attention is given to morbidity and mortality measures, graphical display of data, measurement, central tendency and variability, normal distribution, and inferential statistics." "Written specifically for health information technology students who need a basic understanding of the topic, this text is ideal for those with a modest background in mathematics and no prior training in statistics."--BOOK JACKET Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Information resources management -- Statistical methods. Medical informatics -- Statistical methods. Medical statistics. Medicine -- Information technology -- Statistical methods. Statistics -- Methodology. Statistics as Topic -- methods. Biometry -- methods. Data Interpretation, Statistical. Information Management -- methods. Medical Informatics -- methods. LC no. 2007010526 ISBN 0763750344 (paperback) 9780763750343 (paperback)

Other Titles Essentials of statistics in health information technology

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