Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: The Field of Application; Chapter 2: Relating the Present Patient to Past Experience; Chapter 3: A Review of Statistical Methodology; Chapter 4: Further Statistical Methodology; Chapter 5: Experience; Chapter 6: Observation and Measurement; Chapter 7: Indirect Measurement: Assay and Calibration; Chapter 8: Diagnosis; Chapter 9: Special Aspects of Diagnosis; Chapter 10: Prognosis and Treatment; Chapter 11: Assessment; Appendix A: Data and Software; References
Summary
"" ... the style of the authors makes for dynamic reading: the reader feels a part of the scientific endeavor which is almost like solving a mystery. This book will be fun to read and useful in practice ... ""--William F. Rosenberger, University of Maryland""The book presents fascinating insight into the consultant statistician/clinician interaction. It is beautifully written and the style of motivating theory by extended real examples is very effective. It is not in the usual mould of the book on medical statistics: the order of the exposition brings medicine to the fore for example. The clinical exa
Analysis
Medical statistics
Clinical medicine Research Methodology
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-331) and indexes
