Medical Statistics at a Glance Workbook
by Petrie, Aviva; Sabin, CarolineEdition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2013-03-04
Publisher(s): Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary
Designed to support the best-selling third edition of Medical Statistics at a Glance, this comprehensive workbook contains a variety of self-assessment methods allowing readers to test their statistical knowledge, put it into practice, and apply it to a medical context and when reading published literature. Echoing the structure of, and fully cross-referenced to, its parent title, Medical Statistics at a Glance Workbook offers a range of methods to test and extend knowledge of medical statistics, whether Medical Statistics at a Glance or another statistics book is being used to learn concepts.
Author Biography
Aviva Petrie is Head of Biostatistics Unit and Senior Lecturer, Eastman Dental Institute, University College London; Honorary Lecturer in Medical Statistics, Medical Statistics Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Caroline Sabin is Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, Research Department of Infection and Population Health, Division of Population Health, University College London, Royal Free Campus
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part 1: MCQs
Handling data
Sampling and estimation
Study design
Hypothesis testing
Basic techniques for analysing data
Additional techniques
Part 2: Structured Questions
Part 3: Critical appraisal
Randomised controlled trial: template
Paper 1: a randomised controlled trial
Observational study: template
Paper 2: an observational study
Part 4: Data analysis
Dataset 1 analysed by Stata v11
Dataset 2 analysed using IBM SPSS Statistics v20
Part 5: Solutions
Solutions to MCQs
Model answers for structured questions
Critical appraisal of Paper 1
Critical appraisal of Paper 2
Appendices
Appendix I: List of MCQs with relevant chapters from Medical Statistics at a Glance (3rd edn) and associated topics
Appendix II: List of structured questions with relevant chapters from Medical Statistics at a Glance (3rd edn) and associated topics
Appendix III: Chapters from Medical Statistics at a Glance with relevant MCQs and Structured questions
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