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Record Nr.

UNISA996418260903316

Autore

Thall Peter F

Titolo

Statistical Remedies for Medical Researchers [[electronic resource] /] / by Peter F. Thall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-43714-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XI, 291 p. 42 illus., 12 illus. in color.)

Collana

Springer Series in Pharmaceutical Statistics, , 2366-8695

Disciplina

610.727

Soggetti

StatisticsĀ 

Pharmacy

Biostatistics

Pharmaceutical technology

Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences

Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance

Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology

Bayesian Inference

Statistical Theory and Methods

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1 Why Bother With Statistics? -- 2 Frequentists and Bayesians -- 3 Knocking Down the Straw Man -- 4 Science and Belief -- 5 The Perils of P-values -- 6 Flipping Coins -- 7 All Mixed Up -- 8 Sex, Biomarkers, and Paradoxes -- 9 Crippling New Treatments -- 10 Just Plain Wrong -- 11 Getting Personal -- 12 Multistage Treatment Regimes -- References.

Sommario/riassunto

This book illustrates numerous statistical practices that are commonly used by medical researchers, but which have severe flaws that may not be obvious. For each example, it provides one or more alternative statistical methods that avoid misleading or incorrect inferences being made. The technical level is kept to a minimum to make the book accessible to non-statisticians. At the same time, since many of the examples describe methods used routinely by medical statisticians with formal statistical training, the book appeals to a broad readership in



the medical research community.