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

• Autore: Barton Belinda
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, England ; ; Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell : , : BMJ Books, , 2014; ©2014
• Edizione: Second edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 411 pages
• Disciplina: 610.285/555
• Soggetto topico: Statistics; Research - Design; Medical statistics
• Persona (resp. second.): PeatJennifer K.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Medical statistics
• ISBN: 1-118-58992-0; 1-118-58991-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786503703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II