Essential medical statistics [[electronic resource] /] / Betty R. Kirkwood, Jonathan A.C. Sterne
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Kirkwood Betty R
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| Titolo: |
Essential medical statistics [[electronic resource] /] / Betty R. Kirkwood, Jonathan A.C. Sterne
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| Pubblicazione: | Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Pub., 2003 |
| Edizione: | 2nd ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (513 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 610/.7/27 |
| Soggetto topico: | Medicine - Research - Statistical methods |
| Medical statistics | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
SterneJonathan A. C
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| 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: | 1-282-81780-9 |
| 9786612817809 | |
| 1-4443-9284-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910459337803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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