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Medical statistics from scratch : an introduction for health care professionals / / David Bowers



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Autore: Bowers David <1938-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Medical statistics from scratch : an introduction for health care professionals / / David Bowers Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chichester, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2014
©2014
Edizione: Third edition.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (411 p.)
Disciplina: 610.72/7
Soggetto topico: Biometry
Medical statistics
Medicine - Research - Statistical methods
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: First things first? : the nature of data -- Describing data with tables -- Describing data with charts -- Describing data from its shape -- Describing data with measures of location -- Describing data with measures of spread -- Confounding? : like poor(nearly) always with us -- Research design part I observational -- Research design part II experimental studies -- Getting the participants for your study. ways of sampling -- Chance would be a fine thing? : the idea of probability -- Risk and odds -- Estimating the value of a single population parameter? : the idea of confidence intervals -- Using confidence intervals to compare two population parameters -- Confidence intervals for the ratio of two population parameters -- Testing hypotheses about the difference between two population parameters -- The chi-squared test? : what, why, and how? -- Testing hypotheses about the ratio of two population parameters -- Measuring the association between two variables -- Measuring agreement -- Straight line models : linear regression -- Curvy models : logistic regression -- Measuring survival -- Systematic review and meta-analysis -- Diagnostic testing.
Sommario/riassunto: Correctly understanding and using medical statistics is a key skill for all medical students and health professionals.In an informal and friendly style, Medical Statistics from Scratch provides a practical foundation for everyone whose first interest is probably not medical statistics. Keeping the level of mathematics to a minimum, it clearly illustrates statistical concepts and practice with numerous real world examples and cases drawn from current medical literature.This fully revised and updated third edition includes new material on: missing data, random allocation and concealment of dat
Titolo autorizzato: Medical statistics from scratch  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-118-51939-6
1-118-51941-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910819730703321
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