Basic Statistics and Epidemiology
A Practical Guide, 3rd Edition
1st Edition
Published on 25. April 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-84619-411-5 (ISBN)
Description
Winner, Basis of Medicine category of the BMA Medical Book Awards 2011
This straightforward primer in basic statistics emphasizes its practical use in epidemiology and public health, providing understanding of essential topics such as study design, data analysis and statistical methods used in the execution of medical research. This new edition is substantially revised and includes entirely new material on statistical power and sample size.
Clearly worded and assuming no prior knowledge, it gives full step-by-step guidance on performing statistical calculations. It contains numerous examples and exercises with detailed answers to help readers grasp the main points of these complex subjects with ease, providing doctors, nurses, health managers, researchers and students with a concise and practical guide.
This straightforward primer in basic statistics emphasizes its practical use in epidemiology and public health, providing understanding of essential topics such as study design, data analysis and statistical methods used in the execution of medical research. This new edition is substantially revised and includes entirely new material on statistical power and sample size.
Clearly worded and assuming no prior knowledge, it gives full step-by-step guidance on performing statistical calculations. It contains numerous examples and exercises with detailed answers to help readers grasp the main points of these complex subjects with ease, providing doctors, nurses, health managers, researchers and students with a concise and practical guide.
Reviews / Votes
"Extremely well-written ... the clearest book I have read in relation to two of the most difficult disciplines to understand in research...an absolute essential text for all students and beginner researchers."-BMA Medical Book Awards Programme
Praise for previous editions:
"A spectacular approach to writing a book of this nature. I have found it to be very useful in my day-to-day work activities ... It gives a detailed orientation for beginners and a great review for those wanting to look up a topic without the exhausting details."
-Jocelyn Murray, Epidemiologist, NASA
"This is probably the clearest and best presented statistics book I have read. I will definitely be keeping a copy on my bookshelf!"
-Clinical Oncology
"An excellent book - clear and well written, providing a really good basic grounding in both statistics and epidemiology."
-Nick Spencer, Professor of Child Health, Warwick University
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Weight
431 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84619-411-5 (9781846194115)
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Previous edition
Antony Stewart | Linda Martindale
Basic Statistics and Epidemiology
A Practical Guide, Second Edition
Book
05/2007
1st Edition
Radcliffe Publishing Ltd
€53.47
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Professor in Public Health, Staffordshire University
Content
What are statistics? Populations and samples. Random sampling. Presenting data. Frequencies, percentages, proportions and rates. Types of data. Mean, median and mode. Centiles. Standard deviation. Standard error. Normal distribution. Confidence intervals. Probability. Hypothesis tests and P-values. The t-test. Parametric and non-parametric tests. Correlation and linear regression. Analysis of variance. Correlation and regression. Chi-squared. Statistical power and sample size. What is epidemiology? Bias and confounding. Measuring disease frequency. Measuring association in epidemiology. Prevalence studies. Questionnaires. Cohort studies. Randomised controlled trials. Screening. Evidence-based healthcare.