Title Essential medical statistics / Betty R. Kirkwood, Jonathan A.C. Sterne

Edition 2nd ed Published Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Science, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (x, 501 pages) : illustrations Series Essentials Essentials (Wiley-Blackwell) Contents 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, risk 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 -- Regression 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 Summary An introduction to medical statistics, this book covers all the topics which a medical student or research worker is likely to encounter in routine work. It can be used for self-teaching, as a reference text and as a companion to basic courses in medical statistics Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-492) and index Notes Print version record Subject Medicine -- Research -- Statistical methods Medical statistics. Statistics. Biometry. Statistics as Topic Biometry biometrics. statistics. MEDICAL -- Biostatistics. Statistics Biometry Medical statistics Medicine -- Research -- Statistical methods Medizinische Statistik Statistische methoden. Biomedisch onderzoek. Medicina (pesquisa) Medicina (estatísticas e dados numéricos) Biometria. Form Electronic book Author Sterne, Jonathan A. C Kirkwood, Betty R. Essentials of medical statistics. ISBN 9781444392845 1444392840

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