02453nam a22002297a 4500 KENaKMTC 20260413114951.0 260413b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9781119423645 DLC R853 .W35 2021 Campbell Michael J. Author Medical statistics : a textbook for the health sciences 5th Chichester, West Sussex, Wiley-Blackwell, 2021 xi, 433 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm Michael J. Campbell's name appears first in earlier editions Uses and Abuses of Medical Statistics Displaying and summarising data Summary measures for binary data Probability and distributions Populations, Samples, Standard Errors and Confidence Intervals Hypothesis testing, P-values and statistical inference Comparing two or more groups with continuously measured data Comparing groups of binary and categorical data Correlation and linear regression Logistic Regression Survival Analysis Reliability and Method Comparison Studies Evaluation of diagnostic tests Observational Studies The Randomised Controlled Trial Sample Size Issues Other statistical methods Meta-analysis Common Mistakes and Pitfalls The fifth edition of this popular textbook provides students and practitioners with a clear, concise introduction to the statistics they will come across in their regular reading of clinical papers. Written by three experts with wide teaching and consulting experience, Medical Statistics: A Textbook for the Health Sciences, 5th Edition: Assumes no prior knowledge of statistics. Covers all essential statistical methods. Completely revised, updated and expanded. Includes numerous examples and exercises on the interpretation of the statistics in papers published in medical journals. Includes a companion website with downloadable data, new separate chapters on topics such as logistic regression; diagnostic tests; assessing the quality of statistics/reading the statistics in a scientific paper and other statistical methods (such as meta-analysis; the bootstrap; imputation of missing data and summary measures for analysing longitudinal data) and additional sections on designs such as pilot/feasibility studies; cluster and stepped wedge randomised controlled trials" Walters Stephen John ,Machin David Authors lcc BK V.ngeno 0 0 lcc 0 0 053 053 REF 2024-09-06 Purchase 0 R853 .W35 2021 MLO/547 2026-08-19 11:39:27 1 2026-04-13 BK 58921 58921