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Record Nr.

UNINA9910145817003321

Autore

Peat Jennifer K

Titolo

Statistics workbook for evidence-based health care [[electronic resource] /] / Jennifer Peat, Belinda Barton, Elizabeth Elliot

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley-Blackwell/BMJ Books, 2008

ISBN

1-282-69041-8

9786612690419

1-4443-0049-0

1-4443-0050-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BartonBelinda

ElliottElizabeth J

Disciplina

610.72/7

Soggetti

Evidence-based medicine - Statistical methods

Medical logic

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Statistics Workbook for Evidence-based Health Care; Foreword; Introduction; Overview; UNIT 1 Hypothesis testing and estimation; UNIT 2 Incidence and prevalence rates; UNIT 3 Comparing proportions; UNIT 4 Relative risk and odds ratio; UNIT 5 Clinical trials; UNIT 6 Comparing mean values; UNIT 7 Correlation and regression; UNIT 8 Follow-up studies; UNIT 9 Survival analyses; UNIT 10 Diagnostic and screening statistics; Answers; Glossary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This concise, easy to understand and learner-friendly book invites the readers to actively participate in the understanding of medical statistical concepts that are frequently used in health care research and evidence-based practice worldwide. Knowing that the best way to learn statistical concepts is to use them, the authors employ real examples and articles from health science literature, complete with the complexities that real life presents, in an approach that will help bring researchers and clinicians one step closer towards being statistical savvy and better able to critically read res