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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822256803321

Autore

Peat Jennifer K

Titolo

Medical statistics : a guide to data analysis and critical appraisal / / by Jennifer Peat,  Belinda Barton ; foreword by Martin Bland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Pub., c2005

ISBN

9786611320539

9781281320537

1281320536

9780470755204

0470755202

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (338 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BartonBelinda

Disciplina

610/.72/7

Soggetti

Medical statistics

Medicine - Research - Statistical methods

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

Data management: preparing to analyse the data -- Continuous variables: descriptive statistics -- Continuous variables: comparing two independent samples -- Continuous variables: paired and one-sample t-tests -- Continuous variables: analysis of variance -- Continuous data analyses: correlation and regression -- Categorical variables: rates and proportions -- Categorical variables: risk statistics -- Categorical and continuous variables: tests of agreement -- Categorical and continuous variables: diagnostic statistics -- Categorical and continuous variables: survival analyses.

Sommario/riassunto

Holistic approach to understanding medical statistics This hands-on guide is much more than a basic medical statistics introduction. It equips you with the statistical tools required for evidence-based clinical research.   Each chapter provides a clear step-by-step guide to each statistical test with practical instructions on how to generate and interpret the numbers, and present the results as scientific tables or graphs.   Showing you how to:analyse data with the help of data set examples (Click here to download datasets) s