Using and Understanding Medical Statistics

by Matthews, D.E.

• ISBN13: 9783805581899
• ISBN10: 3805581890
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-01-01
• Publisher: KARGER, S. PUBLISHERS INC

Summary

Univ. of Waterloo, Canada. Presents many of the more complex statistical methods and techniques currently appearing in medical publications. This edition features new chapters on Poisson regression, the analysis of variance, meta-analysis, diagnostic tests, and more. For clinicians. Previous edition: c1996. Expanded-outline format. DNLM: Biometry-methods.

Table of Contents

Basic concepts	p. 1
Tests of significance	p. 11
Fisher's test for 2x2 contingency tables	p. 19
Approximate significance tests for contingency tables	p. 28
Some warnings concerning 2x2 tables	p. 46
Kaplan-Meier or 'actuarial' survival curves	p. 54
The log-rank or Mantel-Haenszel test for the comparison of survival curves	p. 67
An introduction to the normal distribution	p. 76
Analyzing normally distributed data	p. 90
Linear regression models for medical data	p. 111
Binary logistic regression	p. 128
Regression models for count data	p. 141
Proportional hazards regression	p. 149
The analysis of longitudinal data	p. 160
Analysis of variance	p. 174
Data analysis	p. 191
The question of sample size	p. 207
The design of clinical trials	p. 217
Further comments regarding clinical trials	p. 234
Meta-analysis	p. 254
Epidemiological applications	p. 263
Diagnostic tests	p. 282
Agreement and reliability	p. 298
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