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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465314003321

Autore

Barton Belinda

Titolo

Medical statistics : a guide to SPSS, data analysis, and critical appraisal / / Belinda Barton, Jennifer Peat

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England ; ; Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell : , : BMJ Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-118-58992-0

1-118-58991-2

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

411 pages

Disciplina

610.285/555

Soggetti

Statistics

Research - Design

Medical statistics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Author's names reversed on the first edition"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Creating a SPSS data file and preparing to analyse the data -- Descriptive statistics -- Comparing two independent samples -- Paired and one-sample t-tests -- Analysis of variance -- Analyses of longitudinal data -- Correlation and regression -- Rates and proportions -- Risk statistics -- Tests of reliability and agreement -- Diagnostic statistics -- Survival analyses.

Sommario/riassunto

Medical Statistics provides the necessary statistical tools to enable researchers to undertake and understand evidence-based clinical research.  It is a practical guide to conducting statistical research and interpreting statistics in the context of how the participants were recruited, how the study was designed, what types of variables were used, what effect size was found, and what the P values mean. It guides researchers through the process of selecting the correct statistics and show how to best report results for presentation and publication.  Clear and concise explanations, combined