Essential medical statistics [[electronic resource] /] / Betty R. Kirkwood, Jonathan A.C. Sterne

• Autore: Kirkwood Betty R
• Pubblicazione: Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Pub., 2003
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: x, 501 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 610/.7/27
• Soggetto topico: Medical statistics; Medicine - Research - Statistical methods
• Altri autori: SterneJonathan A. C
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Using this book -- Defining the data -- Displaying the data -- Means, standard deviations and standard errors -- The normal distribution -- Confidence interval for a mean -- Comparison of two means: confidence intervals, hypothesis tests and P-values -- Using P-values and confidence intervals to interpret the results of statistical analyses -- Comparison of means from several groups: analysis of variance -- Linear regression and correlation -- Multiple regression -- Goodness of fit and regression diagnostics -- Transformations -- Probability, risks and odds (of disease) -- Proportions and the binomial distribution -- Comparing two proportions -- Chi-squared tests for 2 x 2 and larger contingency tables -- Controlling for confounding: stratification -- Logistic regression: comparing two or more exposure groups -- Logistic regression: controlling for confounding and other extensions -- Matched studies -- Longitudinal studies, rates and the Poisson distribution -- Comparing rates -- Poisson regression -- Standardization -- Survival analysis: displaying and comparing survival patterns -- Regressional analysis of survival data -- Likelihood -- Regression modelling -- Relaxing model assumptions -- Analysis of clustered data -- Systematic reviews and meta-analysis -- Bayesian statistics -- Linking analysis to study design: summary of methods -- Calculation of required sample size -- Measurement error: assessment and implications -- Measures of association and impact -- Strategies for analysis -- Appendix: statistical tables.
• Titolo autorizzato: Essential medical statistics
• ISBN: 1-4443-9284-0; 1-282-81780-9; 9786612817809
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910795973803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II