Using and understanding medical statistics / David E. Matthews, Vernon T. Farewell
By: Matthews, David E [author].
Contributor(s): Farewell, Vernon T [author].
Publisher: Basel ; New York : Karger, [2015]Edition: 5th, revised and extended edition.Description: xix, 338 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9783318054583.Subject(s): Medical statistics | Biometry -- methods | Statistics as TopicGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 610.1/5195Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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"48 figures and 103 tables, 2015."
Includes bibliographical references and index
Basic concepts -- Tests of significance -- Fisher's test for 2 x 2 contingency tables -- Approximate significance tests for contingency tables -- Some warnings concerning 2 x 2 tables -- Kaplan-Meier or 'actuarial' survival curves -- The log-rank or Mantel-Haenszel test for comparing survival curves -- An introduction to the normal distribution -- Analyzing normally distributed data -- Linear regression models for medical data -- Binary logistic regression -- Regression models for count data -- Proportional hazards regression -- The analysis of longitudinal data -- Analysis of variance -- Data analysis -- The question of sample size -- The design of clinical trials -- Further comments regarding clinical trials -- Meta-analysis -- Epidemiological applications -- Diagnostic tests -- Agreement and reliability