Title Interpreting statistical findings : a guide for health professionals and students / Jan Walker and Palo Almond

Published Maidenhead, England : Open University Press, 2010

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Description xi, 214 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm regular print Contents pt. 1 WORKED EXAMPLES -- 1.The Randomised Controlled Trial -- 2.The Health Survey -- pt. 2 INTERPRETING STATISTICAL CONCEPTS -- 3.Measuring Variables: Continuous, Ordinal and Categorical Data -- 4.Describing Continuous Data: The Normal Distribution -- 5.Describing Nonparametric Data -- 6.Measuring Concepts: Validity and Reliability -- 7.Sampling Data: Probability and Non-probability Samples -- 8.Sample Size: Criteria for Judging Adequacy -- 9.Testing Hypotheses: What Does p Actually Mean? -- pt. 3 STATISTICAL TESTS -- 10.Introduction to Inferential Statistics -- 11.Comparing Two Independent (Unrelated) Groups: Independent (unrelated) t test, Mann-Whitney U test and Contingency analysis - Fisher's exact test and Chi-square test -- 12.Comparing Three or More Independent (Unrelated) Groups: One-way ANOVA, Kruskal-Wallis test and Chi-square test -- 13.Comparing Two Sets of Related Data: Matched Pairs or Single-Sample Repeated Measures --- Related (paired) t test, Wilcoxon signed rank test, Sign test and McNemar's test -- 14.Complex Group Comparisons: ANOVA and ANCOVA, Friedman two-way ANOVA by ranks and Cochrane Q test -- 15.Simple Tests of Association: Correlation and Linear Regression -- 16.Complex Associations: Multiple and Logistic Regression -- pt. 4 QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE -- I.Framework for Statistical Review -- II.Glossary of Terms -- III.Guide to Statistical Symbols -- IV.Overview of Common Statistical Tests -- V.Guide to the Assumptions that Underpin Statistical Tests -- VI.Summary of Statistical Test Selection and Results -- VII.Extracts from Statistical Tables Summary This text provides support for those conducting literature-based projects which require the student to review evidence generated through empirical investigations. Working from practical examples, exercises and illustrations, explanations will be given in straightforward conceptual terms Notes Formerly CIP. Uk Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-205) and index Subject Medical statistics. Medicine -- Research -- Statistical methods. Statistics as Topic -- methods. Author Almond, Palo, author ISBN 0335235964 0335235972 9780335235964 9780335235971

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