Medical Statistics from Scratch: An Introduction for Health Professionals - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118519388 ISBN 13: 9781118519387

Publisher: Wiley-Interscience, 2014

Synopsis

Correctly understanding and using medical statistics is a key skill for all medical students and health professionals.

In an informal and friendly style, Medical Statistics from Scratch provides a practical foundation for everyone whose first interest is probably not medical statistics. Keeping the level of mathematics to a minimum, it clearly illustrates statistical concepts and practice with numerous real world examples and cases drawn from current medical literature.

This fully revised and updated third edition includes new material on: 

• missing data, random allocation and concealment of data
• intra-class correlation coefficient
• effect modification and interaction
• diagnostic testing and the ROC curve
• standardisation

Medical Statistics from Scratch is an ideal learning partner for all medical students and health professionals needing an accessible introduction, or a friendly refresher, to the fundamentals of medical statistics.

About this title

About the Author

David Bowers, The Nuffield Institute of Health, University of Leeds and Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK.

From the Back Cover

Correctly understanding and using medical statistics is a key skill for all medical students and health professionals.

In an informal and friendly style, Medical Statistics from Scratch provides a practical foundation for everyone whose first interest is probably not medical statistics. Keeping the level of mathematics to a minimum, it clearly illustrates statistical concepts and practice with numerous real world examples and cases drawn from current medical literature.

This fully revised and updated third edition includes new material on:

• missing data, random allocation and concealment of data
• intra-class correlation coefficient
• effect modification and interaction
• diagnostic testing and the ROC curve
• standardisation

Medical Statistics from Scratch is an ideal learning partner for all medical students and health professionals needing an accessible introduction, or a friendly refresher, to the fundamentals of medical statistics.

From the Inside Flap

Correctly understanding and using medical statistics is a key skill for all medical students and health professionals.

In an informal and friendly style, Medical Statistics from Scratch provides a practical foundation for everyone whose first interest is probably not medical statistics. Keeping the level of mathematics to a minimum, it clearly illustrates statistical concepts and practice with numerous real world examples and cases drawn from current medical literature.

This fully revised and updated third edition includes new material on:

• missing data, random allocation and concealment of data
• intra-class correlation coefficient
• effect modification and interaction
• diagnostic testing and the ROC curve
• standardisation

Medical Statistics from Scratch is an ideal learning partner for all medical students and health professionals needing an accessible introduction, or a friendly refresher, to the fundamentals of medical statistics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1118519388
• ISBN 13: 9781118519387
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 408
• Editor: Bowers David