TY  - BOOK
AU  - Matthews, David E.
AU  - Farewell, Vernon T.
TI  - Using and understanding medical statistics
SN  - 9783805581899 ;3805581890 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Basel ;;New York
PB  - Karger
KW  - Biometry
KW  - Statistics as Topic
N1  - 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
ER  -