Holistic approach to understanding medical statistics
This hands-on guide is much more than a basic medical statisticsintroduction. It equips you with the statistical tools required forevidence-based clinical research.
Each chapter provides a clear step-by-step guide to eachstatistical test with practical instructions on how to generate andinterpret the numbers, and present the results as scientific tablesor graphs.
Showing you how to:
* * analyse data with the help of data set examples (Click here todownload datasets)
* select the correct statistics and report results forpublication or presentation
* understand and critically appraise results reported in theliterature
Each statistical test is linked to the research question and thetype of study design used. There are also checklists for criticallyappraising the literature and web links to useful internetsites.
Clear and concise explanations, combined with plenty of examplesand tabulated explanations are based on the authors' popularmedical statistics courses. Critical appraisal guidelines at theend of each chapter help the reader evaluate the statistical datain their particular contexts.
Jennifer Peat
Medical Science Medical Statistics & Epidemiology Medizin Medizinische Statistik u. Epidemiologie
"This is a text book which one would refer to many times throughout the data analysis process and is an invaluable aid to conduct thorough and correct medical research." Lecturer in Health Economics, University of Wales Swansea, UK
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