Using and understanding medical statistics

Using and understanding medical statistics /

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Table of contents only
Main Author: Matthews, David E., 1948-
Other Authors: Farewell, Vernon T.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Basel ; New York : Karger, 2007
Edition:4th, completely rev. and enl. ed.
Subjects:
Medical statistics.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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