Medical statistics from scratch : an introduction for health professionals /

Main Author: Bowers, David, 1938-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester, England : John Wiley & Sons, c2008.
Edition:2nd ed.
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245 1 |a Medical statistics from scratch :  |b an introduction for health professionals /  |c David Bowers. 
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300 1 |a x, 284 p. :  |b ill. ;  |c 25 cm. 
504 1 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-276) and index. 
505 1 |a Some fundamental stuff -- First things first : the nature of data -- Describing data with tables -- Describing data with charts -- Describing data from its distributional shape -- Describing data with numeric summary values -- Doing it right first time : designing a study -- From samples to populations : making inferences -- Chance would be a fine thing - probability, risk and odds -- Estimating the value of a single population parameter -- Estimating the differences between two population parameters -- Estimating the ratio of two population parameters -- Testing hypotheses about the difference between two population parameters -- Testing hypotheses about the ratio of two population parameters -- Testing hypotheses about the equality of two or more proportions -- Measuring the association between two variables -- Measuring the agreement between two variables -- Straight-line models - linear regression -- Curvy models - logistic regression -- Measuring survival -- Systematic review and meta-analysis. 
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650 1 |a Medicine  |x Research 
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