Oxford handbook of medical statistics / Janet L. Peacock, Philip J. Peacock.
Material type: TextSeries: Oxford medical publications | Oxford handbooksPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.Description: xix, 517 pages. : ill. ; 19 cmISBN:- 9780199551286
- 0199551286 (alk. paper)
- Handbook of medical statistics [Other title]
- 610.72 PEA
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
To practice evidence-based medicine, doctors need to understand how research is conducted and be able to critically appraise research evidence. A sound understanding of medical statistics is essential for the correct evaluation of medical research and the appropriate implementation of findings in clinical practice. Written in an easily accessible style, the Oxford Handbook of Medical Statistics provides doctors and medical students with a concise and thorough account of this often difficult subject. It promotes understanding and interpretation of statistical methods across a wide range of topics, from study design and sample size considerations, through t- and chi-squared tests, to complex multifactor analyses, using examples from published research. References for further reading are given for more information on specific topics.Helping readers to conduct their own research or critically appraise other's work, this volume provides all the information readers need to understand and interpret medical statistics.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research design -- Collecting data -- Handling the data : what steps are important -- Presenting research findings -- Choosing and using statistical software for analysing data -- Summarizing data -- Probability and distributions -- Statistical tests -- Diagnostic studies -- Other statistical methods -- Analysing multiple observations per subject -- Analysing multiple variables per subject -- Meta-analysis -- Bayesian statistics.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- 1 Research design
- 2 Collecting data
- 3 Handling the data: what steps are important
- 4 Presenting research findings
- 5 Choosing and using statistical software for analysing data
- 6 Summarising data
- 7 Probability and distributions
- 8 Statistical tests
- 9 Diagnostic studies
- 10 Other statistical methods
- 11 Analysing multiple observations per subject
- 12 Analysing multiple variables per subject
- 13 Meta-analysis
- 14 Bayesian statistics
- 15 Glossary