Using and understanding medical statistics /
Matthews, David E.
Using and understanding medical statistics / David E. Matthews, Vernon T. Farewell. - 4th, completely rev. and enl. ed. - Basel ;;New York : Karger, 2007 - xx, 322 p. : ill. 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [310]-313) and index.
Basic concepts -- Tests of significance -- Fisher's test for 2 x 2 contingency tables -- Approximate significance tests for contingency tables -- Some warnings concerning 2 x 2 tables -- Kaplan-Meier or 'actuarial' survival curves -- The log-rank or Mantel-Haenszel test for the comparison of survival curves --An introduction to the normal distribution -- Analyzing normally distributed data -- Linear regression models for medical data -- Binary logistic regression -- Regression models for count data -- Proportional hazards regression -- The analysis of longitudinal data -- Analysis of variance -- Data analysis -- The question of sample size -- The design of clinical trials -- Further comments regarding clinical trials -- Meta-analysis -- Epidemiological applications -- Diagnostic tests -- Agreement and reliability.
9783805581899 ;3805581890
Biometry
Statistics as Topic
WA 950 / .M38 2007
Using and understanding medical statistics / David E. Matthews, Vernon T. Farewell. - 4th, completely rev. and enl. ed. - Basel ;;New York : Karger, 2007 - xx, 322 p. : ill. 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [310]-313) and index.
Basic concepts -- Tests of significance -- Fisher's test for 2 x 2 contingency tables -- Approximate significance tests for contingency tables -- Some warnings concerning 2 x 2 tables -- Kaplan-Meier or 'actuarial' survival curves -- The log-rank or Mantel-Haenszel test for the comparison of survival curves --An introduction to the normal distribution -- Analyzing normally distributed data -- Linear regression models for medical data -- Binary logistic regression -- Regression models for count data -- Proportional hazards regression -- The analysis of longitudinal data -- Analysis of variance -- Data analysis -- The question of sample size -- The design of clinical trials -- Further comments regarding clinical trials -- Meta-analysis -- Epidemiological applications -- Diagnostic tests -- Agreement and reliability.
9783805581899 ;3805581890
Biometry
Statistics as Topic
WA 950 / .M38 2007