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Record Nr.

UNINA9910467712803321

Autore

Bland Martin

Titolo

An introduction to medical statistics / / Martin Bland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-19-100299-2

0-19-251839-9

Edizione

[Fourth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 427 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Oxford medical publications

Disciplina

610.21

Soggetti

Medical statistics

Biometry

Statistics as Topic

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographic references (pages 397-409) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 The design of experiments -- Chapter 3 Sampling and observational studies -- Chapter 4 Summarizing data -- Chapter 5 Presenting data -- Chapter 6 Probability -- Chapter 7 The Normal distribution -- Chapter 8 Estimation -- Chapter 9 Significance tests -- Chapter 10 Comparing the means of small samples -- Chapter 11 Regression and correlation -- Chapter 12 Methods based on rank order -- Chapter 13 The analysis of cross-tabulations -- Chapter 14 Choosing the statistical method -- Chapter 15 Multifactorial methods -- Chapter 16 Time to event data -- Chapter 17 Meta-analysis -- Chapter 18 Determination of sample size -- Chapter 19 Missing data -- Chapter 20 Clinical measurement -- Chapter 21 Mortality statistics and population structure -- Chapter 22 The Bayesian approach -- Appendix 1: Suggested answers to multiple choice questions and exercises.