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020			_a9783805581899 ;3805581890
060			_aWA 950 _b.M38 2007
100			_aMatthews, David E.
245		0	_aUsing and understanding medical statistics / _cDavid E. Matthews, Vernon T. Farewell.
250			_a4th, completely rev. and enl. ed.
260			_aBasel ;;New York : _bKarger, _c2007
300			_axx, 322 p. : _bill. _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [310]-313) and index.
505			_aBasic 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.
650			_aBiometry
650			_aStatistics as Topic
700			_aFarewell, Vernon T.
942			_bDIMC _cBK
999			_c27025 _d27025