Essential medical statistics
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.
| Main Author: | Kirkwood, Betty R. |
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| Other Authors: | Sterne, Jonathan A. C. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Malden, Mass. :
Blackwell Science,
2003.
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| Physical Description: |
x, 501 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Subjects: |
Table of 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.