Medical Statistics from Scratch
2nd Edition
Published on 12. November 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
218 pages
978-0-470-84474-8 (ISBN)
Description
From finances to hard science to marketing, statsitics are used in virtually every industry and field. This book covers how to organise, analyse and present sample data for any purpose or job function. This second edition combines information from the original two books Statistics from Scratch and Statistics Further from Scratch to create a single, comprehensive, user friendly, down to earth guide to elementary statistics.
Reviews / Votes
"...can be recommended to all non-statisticians in the medical world as an instructive and easy-to-read introduction..." (British Journal of Surgery, Oct 2003) "...exciting and fun to read...information is presented in a digestible and humorous manner...an excellent beginner's book..." (Clinical Trials, Vol 1, 2004) "...can be read by those without a rigorous background in mathematics...explanations are straight to the point...highly recommended..." (Statistical Methods in Medical Research, Vol 13, 2004)More details
Edition
2., Aufl.
Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 24.2 cm
Width: 18 cm
Weight
396 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-84474-8 (9780470844748)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Book
03/2008
2nd Edition
Wiley-Blackwell
€48.90
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Previous edition
Book
04/1997
Wiley
€29.90
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Content
Preface.Introduction.PART I: SOME FUNDAMENTAL STUFF.First Things First: the Nature of Data.PART II: DESCRIBING DATA.Describing Data with Tables.Describing Data with Charts.Describing Data from Its Distributional Shape.Describing Data with Numeric Summary Values.PART III: GETTING THE DATA.Doing It Right First Time: Designing a Study.PART IV: FROM LITTLE TO LARGE: STATISTICAL INFERENCE.From Samples to Populations: Making Inferences.Probability, Risk, and Odds.PART V: THE INFORMED GUESS: CONFIDENCE INTERVAL ESTIMATION.Estimating the Value of a Single Population Parameter.Estimating the Difference between Two Population Parameters.Estimating the Ratio of Two Population Parameters.PART VI: PUTTING IT TO THE TEST.Testing Hypotheses about the Difference Between Two Population Parameters.Testing Hypotheses about the Ratio of Two Population Parameters.Testing Hypotheses about the Equality of Population Proportions.PART VII: GETTING UP CLOSE.Measuring the Association between Two Variables.Measuring the Agreement between Two Variables.PART VIII: GETTING INTO A RELATIONSHIP.Straight-line Models: Linear Regression.Curvy Models: Logistic Regression.Appendix: Table of Random Numbers.Bibliography.Index.