Medical Statistics at a Glance, 2nd Edition

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Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-09-01
Publisher(s): Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

Medical Statistics at a Glance provides a concise and accessible introduction to and revision aid for this complex subject. Following the familiar easy-to-use at a Glance format, it leads the reader through a number of self-contained chapters which explain the underlying concepts of medical statistics and provide a guide to the most commonly used statistical procedures. This new edition of Medical Statistics at a Glance: bull; bull;contains a second colour throughout to enhance the visual appeal bull;presents the key facts accompanied, where appropriate, by clear and informative tables and diagrams bull;features worked examples in each chapter, with emphasis on the interpretation of computer data analysis rather than on complex hand calculations bull;includes new chapters entitled Rates and Poisson regression, Generalized linear models, Explanatory variables in statistical models and Regression models for clustered data bull;has an accompanying website http://www.medstatsaag.com/ containing supplementary material including an extensive reference list and multiple choice questions (MCQs) with interactive answers for self-assessment. Medical Statistics at a Glance will appeal to all medical students, junior doctors and researchers in biomedical and pharmaceutical disciplines. Reviews of the last edition ls"All in all, this is a book that I would highly recommend to the target audience. Concise, accurate, broad coverage, in an easy-to-use formathellip; buy this and you will have the best set of lecture notes in the class!rs" The Statistician, 2001 ls"The more familiar I have become with this book, the more I appreciate the clear presentation and unthreatening prose.rs" Journal of Epidemiology ls"...I unreservedly recommend this book to all medical students, especially those that dislike reading reams of text. This is one book that will not sit on your shelf collecting dust once you have graduated and will also function as a reference book.rs" 4th year medical student, Barts and the London Chronicle, Spring 2003 "an excellent job of making medical statistics as relevant and painless as it possibly could behellip;if statistics give you headaches buy it" GKT Gazette "It is now a valuable companion to my statistics course" International Journal of Epidemiology "As one who generally has not got a clue whenit comes to statistics, this is a book I would definitely recommend" Surgo: Glasgow University Medical Journal "This bookhellip;was actually enjoyable to read" Cambridge Medicine "Nothing is too obscure, there are lots of worked examples, and clear diagrams. Go Buy!" Sphincter Liverpool Medical Students Society Journal

Author Biography

Professor Aviva Petrie, Eastman Dental Institute, University College London

Professor Caroline Sabin, Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, Royal Free Hospital, London

Table of Contents

Preface 6(2)
Handling data
Types of data
8(2)
Data entry
10(2)
Error checking and outliers
12(2)
Displaying data graphically
14(2)
Describing data: the `average'
16(2)
Describing data: the `spread'
18(2)
Theoretical distributions: the Normal distribution
20(2)
Theoretical distributions: other distributions
22(2)
Transformations
24(2)
Sampling and estimation
Sampling and sampling distributions
26(2)
Confidence intervals
28(2)
Study design
Study design I
30(2)
Study design II
32(2)
Clinical trials
34(3)
Cohort studies
37(3)
Case-control studies
40(2)
Hypothesis testing
Hypothesis testing
42(2)
Errors in hypothesis testing
44(2)
Basic techniques for analysing data
Numerical data
Numerical data: a single group
46(3)
Numerical data: two related groups
49(3)
Numerical data: two unrelated groups
52(3)
Numerical data: more than two groups
55(3)
Categorical data
Categorical data: a single proportion
58(3)
Categorical data: two proportions
61(3)
Categorical data: more than two categories
64(3)
Regression and correlation
Correlation
67(3)
The theory of linear regression
70(2)
Performing a linear regression analysis
72(4)
Multiple linear regression
76(3)
Binary outcomes and logistic regression
79(3)
Rates and Poisson regression
82(4)
Generalized linear models
86(2)
Explanatory variables in statistical models
88(3)
Issues in statistical modelling
91(3)
Important considerations
Checking assumptions
94(2)
Sample size calculations
96(3)
Presenting results
99(3)
Additional chapters
Diagnostic tools
102(3)
Assessing agreement
105(3)
Evidence-based medicine
108(2)
Methods for clustered data
110(3)
Regression methods for clustered data
113(3)
Systematic reviews and meta-analysis
116(3)
Survival analysis
119(3)
Bayesian methods
122(31)
Appendix
Statistical tables
124(7)
Altman's nomogram for sample size calculations
131(1)
Typical computer output
132(12)
Glossary of terms
144(9)
Index 153

Excerpts

"Medical Statistics at a Glance provides a concise and accessible introduction to and revision aid for this complex subject. Following the familiar easy-to-use At a Glance format, it leads the reader through a number of self-contained chapters which explain the underlying concepts of medical statistics and provide a guide to the most commonly used statistical procedures. Medical Statistics at a Glance will appeal to all medical students, junior doctors and researchers in biomedical and pharmaceutical disciplines."--BOOK JACKET.

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