Practical Biostatistics: A Friendly Step-by-Step Approach for Evidence-based Medicine - Softcover

Suchmacher, Mendel; Geller, Mauro

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0124157947 ISBN 13: 9780124157941

Publisher: Academic Press, 2012

Synopsis

Evidence-based medicine aims to apply the best available evidence gained from the scientific method to medical decision making. It is a practice that uses statistical analysis of scientific methods and outcomes to drive further experimentation and diagnosis. The profusion of evidence-based medicine in medical practice and clinical research has produced a need for life scientists and clinical researchers to assimilate biostatistics into their work to meet efficacy and practical...

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It is no secret that biostatistics has become a necessary, but dreaded, tool in today’s research and clinical settings. With obvious benefits in terms of efficacy and practical results, assimilation of the underpinning mathematical and statistical requirements can nevertheless challenge even the most devoted clinical investigator or medical professional. Practical Biostatistics provides a clear and user-friendly response to these formidable challenges.

Practicality and usability are...

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About the Author

* Board Certification in Internal Medicine and Hematology-Hemotherapy

* Post-graduation in Pharmaceutical Medicine (Universidade Federal do Estado de Sao Paulo)

* Clinical Research Dpt. (Gross Pharmaceuticals)

* Member of the American College of Physicians

* Professor of Clinical Immunology - Carlos Chagas Institute of Medical Post-graduation (Rio de Janeiro) - Brazil

* Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Teresopolis University Medical School (Rio de Janeiro State)

* Research Fellow - Fundacao Educacional...

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Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0124157947
• ISBN 13: 9780124157941
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 248