Medical Statistics from Scratch: An Introduction for Health Professionals - Couverture souple

 
9781118519387: Medical Statistics from Scratch: An Introduction for Health Professionals

Synopsis

Correctly understanding and using medical statistics is a key skill for all medical students and health professionals. In an informal and friendly style, Medical Statistics from Scratch provides a practical foundation for everyone whose first interest is probably not medical statistics. Keeping the level of mathematics to a minimum, it clearly illustrates statistical concepts and practice with numerous real world examples and cases drawn from current medical literature. This fully revised and updated third edition includes new material on: * missing data, random allocation and concealment of data * intra-class correlation coefficient * effect modification and interaction * diagnostic testing and the ROC curve * standardisation Medical Statistics from Scratch is an ideal learning partner for all medical students and health professionals needing an accessible introduction, or a friendly refresher, to the fundamentals of medical statistics.

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À propos de l?auteur

David Bowers, The Nuffield Institute of Health, University of Leeds and Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK.

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