Practical statistics for medical research

Practical statistics for medical research

by Altman, Douglas G.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Practical statistics for medical research / Douglas G. Altman ...

Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:1991.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Chapman and Hall
  • Place of Publication:London
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:1991.

Notes

Bibliogr. p. 575-588. Index.

The Physical Object

  • Description:XII-611 p. : : graph ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0412276305, 9780412276309
  • oclc:ocn467964402
  • LC Classification:R853S7
  • Dewey Decimal:610.151 95

Table of Contents

1. Statistics in medical research. 2. Types of data. 2.1. Categorical data. 2.2. Numerical data. 2.3. Other types of data. 2.4. Censored data. 2.5. Variability. 3. Describing data. 4. Theoretical distributions. 4.1. Probability. 4.2. Samples and population. 4.3. Probability distributions. 4.4. The Normal distribution. 4.5. The Lognormal distributions. 4.6. The Binomial distribution. 4.7. The Poisson distribution. 4.8. Mathematical calculations. 4.9. The Uniform distribution. 5. Designing research. 5.1. Sources of variation. 5.2. An experiment : is the blood pressure the same in both arms? 5.3. The design of experiments. 5.4. Random allocation. 5.5. Minimization. 5.6. Observational studies. 5.7. The case-control study. 5.8. The cohort study. 5.9. The cross-sectional study. 5.10. Studies of change over time. 6. Using a computer. 6.1. Types of statistical program. 6.2. Evaluating a statistical package. 6.3. Strategy for computer-aided analysis. 6.4. Forms for data collection. 6.5. Plotting. 7. Preparing to analyse data. 8. Principles of statistical data. 8.1. Sampling distributions. 8.2. Demonstration of the distribution of sample means. 8.3. Estimation. 8.4. Hypothesis testing. 8.5.…

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