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Statistics in medicine [[electronic resource] /] / R.H. Riffenburgh
| Statistics in medicine [[electronic resource] /] / R.H. Riffenburgh |
| Autore | Riffenburgh R. H (Robert H.) |
| Edizione | [3rd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Boston, Mass., : Elsevier/Academic Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (739 p.) |
| Disciplina |
610.1/5195
610.15195 |
| Soggetto topico | Medical statistics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-71685-2
0-12-384865-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Statistics in Medicine; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword to the Third Edition; Foreword to the Second Edition; Foreword to the First Edition; Acknowledgments; Databases; Indicators of Prostate Biopsy Results; Background; Data; Effectiveness of a Drug in Reducing Nausea after Gall Bladder Removal; Background; Data; Effect of Azithromycin on Serum Theophylline Levels of Patients with Emphysema; Background; Data; Effect of Protease Inhibitors on Pulmonary Admissions; Background; Data; Effect of Silicone Implants on Plasma Silicon; Background; Data
Laser Removal of Tattoos as Related to Type of Ink UsedBackground; Data; Relation of Bone Density to Incidence of Femoral Neck Stress Fractures; Background; Data; Comparing Two Types of Assays on the Effect of Glycosaminoglycans on the Bladder Surface; Background; Data; Prediction of Growth Factors by Platelet Counts; Background; Data; Tests of Recovery after Surgery on Hamstrings or Quadriceps; Background; Data; Survival of Malarial Rats Treated with Hemoglobin, Red Blood Cells, or Placebo; Background; Data; Identification of Risk Factors for Death Following Carinal Resection; Background DataQuality Test on Warfarin International Normalized Ratio Values; Background; Data; Exhaled Nitric Oxide as an Indicator of Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction; Background; Data; Comparison of Kidney Cooling Methods Used to Prolong Surgical Time Window; Background; Data; How to Use This Book; 1 Goals; Purpose of the Book; The Most Used Statistical Methods and Concepts Are Included; Using a Few Data Sets Repeatedly Allows the User to Focus on the Method; 2 Use as a Textbook Versus as a Reference; 3 Possible Schedules for Courses; Short Course; A Three-Credit Semester Course A Year Course (Six Semester Credits)1 Planning Studies: From Design to Publication; 1.1 Organizing a Study; 1.2 Stages of Scientific Knowledge; Stages; The Causative Process is of Interest, Not the Data; Phase I-IV Studies; 1.3 Science Underlying Clinical Decision Making; The Scientific Method; Jargon in Science; Evidence; Evidence versus Proof; Evidence-Based Medicine; 1.4 Why Do We Need Statistics?; Primary Objective; Population versus Sample; Objective Restated; What Statistics Will Not Do for Us; What Statistics Will Do for Us; 1.5 Concepts in Study Design; Components of a Study Control Groups and PlacebosVariables; Moving from Sample to Population; Representativeness and Bias; Experimental Design Can Reduce Bias; 1.6 Study Types; Registry; Case-Control Study; Cohort Study; Case-Control Contrasted with Cohort Studies; Randomized Controlled Trial; Paired and Crossover Designs; 1.7 Convergence with Sample Size; 1.8 Sampling Schemes; Purpose of Sampling Schemes; Simple Random Sampling; Systematic Sampling; Caution; Stratified Sampling; Cluster Sampling; 1.9 Sampling Bias; A Pictorial Example of Bias; Increasing Representativeness by Random Samples; Sources of Bias 1.10 How to Randomize a Sample |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452779003321 |
Riffenburgh R. H (Robert H.)
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| Amsterdam ; ; Boston, Mass., : Elsevier/Academic Press, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Statistics in medicine [[electronic resource] /] / R.H. Riffenburgh
| Statistics in medicine [[electronic resource] /] / R.H. Riffenburgh |
| Autore | Riffenburgh R. H (Robert H.) |
| Edizione | [3rd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Boston, Mass., : Elsevier/Academic Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (739 p.) |
| Disciplina |
610.1/5195
610.15195 |
| Soggetto topico | Medical statistics |
| ISBN |
1-283-71685-2
0-12-384865-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Statistics in Medicine; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword to the Third Edition; Foreword to the Second Edition; Foreword to the First Edition; Acknowledgments; Databases; Indicators of Prostate Biopsy Results; Background; Data; Effectiveness of a Drug in Reducing Nausea after Gall Bladder Removal; Background; Data; Effect of Azithromycin on Serum Theophylline Levels of Patients with Emphysema; Background; Data; Effect of Protease Inhibitors on Pulmonary Admissions; Background; Data; Effect of Silicone Implants on Plasma Silicon; Background; Data
Laser Removal of Tattoos as Related to Type of Ink UsedBackground; Data; Relation of Bone Density to Incidence of Femoral Neck Stress Fractures; Background; Data; Comparing Two Types of Assays on the Effect of Glycosaminoglycans on the Bladder Surface; Background; Data; Prediction of Growth Factors by Platelet Counts; Background; Data; Tests of Recovery after Surgery on Hamstrings or Quadriceps; Background; Data; Survival of Malarial Rats Treated with Hemoglobin, Red Blood Cells, or Placebo; Background; Data; Identification of Risk Factors for Death Following Carinal Resection; Background DataQuality Test on Warfarin International Normalized Ratio Values; Background; Data; Exhaled Nitric Oxide as an Indicator of Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction; Background; Data; Comparison of Kidney Cooling Methods Used to Prolong Surgical Time Window; Background; Data; How to Use This Book; 1 Goals; Purpose of the Book; The Most Used Statistical Methods and Concepts Are Included; Using a Few Data Sets Repeatedly Allows the User to Focus on the Method; 2 Use as a Textbook Versus as a Reference; 3 Possible Schedules for Courses; Short Course; A Three-Credit Semester Course A Year Course (Six Semester Credits)1 Planning Studies: From Design to Publication; 1.1 Organizing a Study; 1.2 Stages of Scientific Knowledge; Stages; The Causative Process is of Interest, Not the Data; Phase I-IV Studies; 1.3 Science Underlying Clinical Decision Making; The Scientific Method; Jargon in Science; Evidence; Evidence versus Proof; Evidence-Based Medicine; 1.4 Why Do We Need Statistics?; Primary Objective; Population versus Sample; Objective Restated; What Statistics Will Not Do for Us; What Statistics Will Do for Us; 1.5 Concepts in Study Design; Components of a Study Control Groups and PlacebosVariables; Moving from Sample to Population; Representativeness and Bias; Experimental Design Can Reduce Bias; 1.6 Study Types; Registry; Case-Control Study; Cohort Study; Case-Control Contrasted with Cohort Studies; Randomized Controlled Trial; Paired and Crossover Designs; 1.7 Convergence with Sample Size; 1.8 Sampling Schemes; Purpose of Sampling Schemes; Simple Random Sampling; Systematic Sampling; Caution; Stratified Sampling; Cluster Sampling; 1.9 Sampling Bias; A Pictorial Example of Bias; Increasing Representativeness by Random Samples; Sources of Bias 1.10 How to Randomize a Sample |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779149603321 |
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Riffenburgh R. H (Robert H.)
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| Amsterdam ; ; Boston, Mass., : Elsevier/Academic Press, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Statistics in medicine [[electronic resource] /] / R.H. Riffenburgh
| Statistics in medicine [[electronic resource] /] / R.H. Riffenburgh |
| Autore | Riffenburgh R. H (Robert H.) |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier Academic Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (665 p.) |
| Disciplina | 610.1/5195 |
| Soggetto topico | Medical statistics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-26742-X
9786613267429 0-08-054174-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Statistics in Medicine, Second Edition; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword to the Second Edition; Foreword to the First Edition; Acknowledgments; Databases; Part I: A Study Course of Fundamentals; Chapter 1. Data, Notation, and Some Basic Terms; 1.1. About This Book; 1.2. Stages of Scientific Knowledge; 1.3. Quantification and Accuracy; 1.4. Data Types; 1.5. Notation (or Symbols); 1.6. Samples, Populations, and Randomness; Chapter 2. Distribution; 2.1. Frequency Distributions; 2.2. Relative Frequencies and Probabilities; 2.3. Characteristics of a Distribution
2.4. What Is Typical?2.5. The Spread About the Typical; 2.6. The Shape; 2.7. Statistical Inference; 2.8. Distributions Commonly Used in Statistics; 2.9. Standard Error of the Mean; 2.10. Joint Distributions of Two Variables; Chapter 3. Summary Statistics; 3.1. Numerical Summaries, One Variable; 3.2. Numerical Summaries, Two Variables; 3.3. Pictorial Summaries, One Variable; 3.4. Pictorial Summaries, Two Variables; 3.5. Good Graphing Practices; Chapter 4. Confidence Intervals and Probability; 4.1. Overview; 4.2. The Normal Distribution 4.3. Confidence Interval on an Observation from an Individual Patient4.4. Concept of a Confidence Interval on a Descriptive Statistic; 4.5. Confidence Interval on a Mean, Known Standard Deviation; 4.6. The t Distribution; 4.7. Confidence Interval on a Mean, Estimated Standard Deviation; 4.8. The Chi-square Distribution; 4.9. Confidence Interval on a Variance or Standard Deviation; 4.10. Other Frequently Seen Confidence Intevals and Probabilities; Chapter 5. Hypothesis Testing: Concept and Practice; 5.1. Hypotheses in Inference; 5.2. Error Probabilities; 5.3. Two Policies of Testing 5.4. Organizing Data for Inference5.5. Evolving a Way to Answer Your Data Question; Chapter 6. Statistical Testing, Risks, and Odds in Medical Decisions; 6.1. Overview; 6.2. Categorical Data: Basics; 6.3. Categorical Data: Tests on 2 x 2 Tables; 6.4. Categorical Data: Risks and Odds; 6.5. Rank Data: Basics; 6.6. Rank Data: The Rank-Sum Test to Compare Two Samples; 6.7. Continuous Data: Basics of Means; 6.8. Continuous Data: Normal ( z ) and t Tests to Compare Two Sample Means; 6.9. Other Tests of Hypotheses; Chapter 7. Sample Size Required for a Study; 7.1. Overview 7.2. Is the Estimate of Minimum Required Sample Size Adequate?7.3. Sample Size in Means Testing; 7.4. Minimum Sample Size Estimation for a Test of Two Means; 7.5. Other Situations in Which Minimum Sample Size Estimation Is Used; Chapter 8. Statistical Prediction; 8.1. What Is a ""Model""?; 8.2. Straight-Line Models; 8.3. What Is ""Regression"" (and Its Relation to Correlation)?; 8.4. Assessing and Predicting Relationships by Regression; 8.5. Other Questions That Can Be Answered by Regression; 8.6. Clinical Decisions and Outcomes Analysis; Chapter 9. Epidemiology 9.1. The Nature of Epidemiology |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458427803321 |
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Riffenburgh R. H (Robert H.)
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| Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier Academic Press, c2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Statistics in medicine [[electronic resource] /] / R.H. Riffenburgh
| Statistics in medicine [[electronic resource] /] / R.H. Riffenburgh |
| Autore | Riffenburgh R. H (Robert H.) |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier Academic Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (665 p.) |
| Disciplina | 610.1/5195 |
| Soggetto topico | Medical statistics |
| ISBN |
1-283-26742-X
9786613267429 0-08-054174-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Statistics in Medicine, Second Edition; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword to the Second Edition; Foreword to the First Edition; Acknowledgments; Databases; Part I: A Study Course of Fundamentals; Chapter 1. Data, Notation, and Some Basic Terms; 1.1. About This Book; 1.2. Stages of Scientific Knowledge; 1.3. Quantification and Accuracy; 1.4. Data Types; 1.5. Notation (or Symbols); 1.6. Samples, Populations, and Randomness; Chapter 2. Distribution; 2.1. Frequency Distributions; 2.2. Relative Frequencies and Probabilities; 2.3. Characteristics of a Distribution
2.4. What Is Typical?2.5. The Spread About the Typical; 2.6. The Shape; 2.7. Statistical Inference; 2.8. Distributions Commonly Used in Statistics; 2.9. Standard Error of the Mean; 2.10. Joint Distributions of Two Variables; Chapter 3. Summary Statistics; 3.1. Numerical Summaries, One Variable; 3.2. Numerical Summaries, Two Variables; 3.3. Pictorial Summaries, One Variable; 3.4. Pictorial Summaries, Two Variables; 3.5. Good Graphing Practices; Chapter 4. Confidence Intervals and Probability; 4.1. Overview; 4.2. The Normal Distribution 4.3. Confidence Interval on an Observation from an Individual Patient4.4. Concept of a Confidence Interval on a Descriptive Statistic; 4.5. Confidence Interval on a Mean, Known Standard Deviation; 4.6. The t Distribution; 4.7. Confidence Interval on a Mean, Estimated Standard Deviation; 4.8. The Chi-square Distribution; 4.9. Confidence Interval on a Variance or Standard Deviation; 4.10. Other Frequently Seen Confidence Intevals and Probabilities; Chapter 5. Hypothesis Testing: Concept and Practice; 5.1. Hypotheses in Inference; 5.2. Error Probabilities; 5.3. Two Policies of Testing 5.4. Organizing Data for Inference5.5. Evolving a Way to Answer Your Data Question; Chapter 6. Statistical Testing, Risks, and Odds in Medical Decisions; 6.1. Overview; 6.2. Categorical Data: Basics; 6.3. Categorical Data: Tests on 2 x 2 Tables; 6.4. Categorical Data: Risks and Odds; 6.5. Rank Data: Basics; 6.6. Rank Data: The Rank-Sum Test to Compare Two Samples; 6.7. Continuous Data: Basics of Means; 6.8. Continuous Data: Normal ( z ) and t Tests to Compare Two Sample Means; 6.9. Other Tests of Hypotheses; Chapter 7. Sample Size Required for a Study; 7.1. Overview 7.2. Is the Estimate of Minimum Required Sample Size Adequate?7.3. Sample Size in Means Testing; 7.4. Minimum Sample Size Estimation for a Test of Two Means; 7.5. Other Situations in Which Minimum Sample Size Estimation Is Used; Chapter 8. Statistical Prediction; 8.1. What Is a ""Model""?; 8.2. Straight-Line Models; 8.3. What Is ""Regression"" (and Its Relation to Correlation)?; 8.4. Assessing and Predicting Relationships by Regression; 8.5. Other Questions That Can Be Answered by Regression; 8.6. Clinical Decisions and Outcomes Analysis; Chapter 9. Epidemiology 9.1. The Nature of Epidemiology |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784638003321 |
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Riffenburgh R. H (Robert H.)
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| Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier Academic Press, c2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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