Medical Statistics Made Easy 2

Author:
Michael Harris; Gordon Taylor
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Medical Statistics Made Easy 2

Short description

Aims to provide medical students and professionals with explanations of the key statistical techniques used throughout the medical literature. This book is useful for those looking to understand: confidence intervals and probability values; numbers needed to treat; t-tests and other parametric tests; and survival analysis.

Long description

Medical Statistics Made Easy, 2nd Edition continues to provide medical students and professionals with the easiest possible explanations of the key statistical techniques used throughout the medical literature. Featuring a comprehensive updating of the Statistics at work section, this new edition retains a consistent, concise, and user-friendly format. Each technique is graded for ease of use and frequency of appearance in the mainstream medical journals. Medical Statistics Made Easy, 2nd Edition is essential reading for anyone looking to understand: confidence intervals and probability values; numbers needed to treat; t-tests and other parametric tests; and survival analysis. If you need to understand the medical literature, then you need to read this book.

Product details

Publisher:
Scion Publishing
ISBN:
9781904842552
Publication date:
October 2008
Length:
229mm
Width:
155mm
Thickness:
15mm
Weight:
259g
Edition:
2nd Edition
Pages:
115
Illustrations:
Illustrated
Illustrated:
Illustrated

Table of contents

  • Statistics which describe data
  • Percentages
  • Mean
  • Median
  • Mode
  • Standard deviation
  • Statistics which test confidence
  • Confidence intervals
  • P values
  • Statistics which test differencest tests and other parametric tests
  • Mann-Whitney and other non-parametric tests
  • Chi-squared test
  • 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 screeningSensitivity, specificity and predictive value
  • Level of agreement and Kappa
  • Other concepts
  • Statistics at work
  • Standard deviation, relative risk and numbers needed to treat
  • Odds ratios and confidence intervals
  • Correlation and regression
  • Survival analysis
  • Sensitivity, specificity and predictive values
  • Glossary
  • Index

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