Medical statistics made easy

"[This book] continues to provide medical and healthcare students and professionals with the easiest possible explanations of the key statistical techniques used throughout medical literature. Each statistical technique is graded for ease of use and frequency of appearance in the mainstream medical journals. Featuring a completely revised "Statistics at work" section, this new edition retains a consistent, concise and user-friendly format."--- from back of physical book

Previous edition: published as Medical statistics made easy 2. 2008.

Ch 1 How to use this book Ch 2 How this book is designed -- Statistics which describe data -- Ch 3 Percentages Ch 4 Mean Ch 5 Median Ch 6 Mode Ch 7 Standard deviation -- Statistics which test confidence -- Ch 8 Confidence intervals Ch 9 P values -- Statistics which test differences -- Ch 10 t tests and other parametric tests Ch 11 Mann-Whitney and other non-parametric tests Ch 12 Chi-squared test -- Statistics which compare risk -- Ch 13 Risk ratio Ch 14 Odds ratio Ch 15 Risk reduction and numbers needed to treat -- Statistics which analyze relationships -- Ch 16 Correlation Ch 17 Regression -- Statistics which analyze survival -- Ch 18 Survival analysis: life tables and Kaplan-Meier plots Ch 19 The Cox regression model -- Statistics which analyze clinical investigations and screening -- Ch 20 Sensitivity, specificity and predictive value Ch 21 Level of agreement -- Other concepts -- Ch 22 Other concepts Statistics at work Ch 23 Introduction Ch 24 Medians, interquartile ranges and odds ratios Ch 25 Risk ratios and number needed to treat Ch 26 Correlation and regression Ch 27 Survival analysis Ch 28 Sensitivity, specificity and predictive values -- Glossary -- Index