Medical statistics made easy

Michael Harris, Gordon Taylor

114 pages, parution le 31/12/2003

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This book is a concise, easy-to-ready quide for all medical students and professionals who require an understanding of key statistical techniques. The material is presented in a consistent, user-friendly format with each statistical technique being graded by ease of use and frequency of appearance in mainstream medical journals. This is an essential title for anyone looking to understand the use of statistics in medicine.

L'auteur - Michael Harris

General Practioner and Lecturer in General Practice, Bath, UK

L'auteur - Gordon Taylor

Senior Research Fellow in Medical Statistics, University of Bath, Bath, UK

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How to Use this Book
How this Book is Designed
Statistics Which Describe Data: Percentages, Mean, Median, Mode, Standard Deviation
Statistics Which Test Confidence: Confidence Intervals, P Values
Statistics Which Test Differences: t Tests and Other Parametric Tests, Mann-Whitney and Other +Non-parametric Tests, Chi-squared
Statistics Which Compare Risk: Risk Ratio, Odds Ratio, Risk Reduction and Numbers Needed to Treat
Statistics Which Analyze Relationships: Correlation, Regression
Statistics Which Analyze Survival: Survival Analysis: Life Tables and Kaplan-Meier Plots, The Cox Regression Model
Statistics Which Analyze Clinical Investigations and Screening: Sensitivity, Specificity and Predictive Value, Level of Agreement and Kappa
Other Concepts
Statistics At Work: Standard Deviation, Relative Risk, Confidence Intervals, Chi-squared and P Values, Odds Ratios and Confidence Intervals, Correlation and Regression, Survival Analysis and Risk Reduction, Sensitivity, Specificity and Predictive Values
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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Taylor and Francis Books
Auteur(s)	Michael Harris, Gordon Taylor
Parution	31/12/2003
Nb. de pages	114
Format	15,5 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	205g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9781859962190
ISBN13	978-1-85996-219-0