Kirkwood, Betty R. <br/><br/>
Essential medical statistics / 
Betty R. Kirkwood, Jonathan A.C. Sterne. 
 - 2. ed. 
 - x, 501 s.  ill., tab. 
<br/><br/> Rev. ed. of: Essentials of medical statistics / Betty R. Kirkwood. 1988 
<br/><br/>Using this book -- Defining the data -- Displaying the data --  Means, standard deviations and standard errors -- The normal distribution -- Confidence interval for a mean -- Comparison of two means : confidence intervals, hypothesis tests and P-values -- Using P-values and confidence intervals to interpret the results of statistical analyses -- Comparison of means from several groups : analysis of variance -- Linear regression and correlation -- Multiple regression -- Goodness of fit and regression diagnostics -- Transformations -- Probability, risk and odds (of disease) -- Proportions and the binomial distribution -- Comparing two proportions -- Chi-squared tests for 2 x 2 and larger contingency tables -- Controlling for confounding : stratification -- Logistic regression : comparing two or more exposure groups -- Logistic regression : controlling for confounding and other extensions -- Matched studies -- Longitudinal studies, rates and the Poisson distribution -- Comparing rates -- Poisson regression -- Standardization -- Survival analysis : displaying and comparing survival patterns -- Regression analysis of survival data -- Likelihood -- Regression modelling -- Relaxing model assumptions -- Analysis of clustered data -- Systematic reviews and meta-analysis -- Bayesian statistics -- Linking analysis to study design : summary of methods -- Calculation of required sample size -- Measurement error : assessment and implications -- Measures of association and impact -- Strategies for analysis -- Appendix : statistical tables. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0865428719 9780865428713 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002015537 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Medicinsk statistik<br/>Medicinsk forskning<br/>Statistisk metod<br/>Medical statistics<br/>Medicine--Research--Statistical methods<br/>Biometry<br/>Statistics as Topic--methods<br/>Biomedical Research--methods<br/>Medical statistics<br/>Statistics<br/>statistics<br/>biometry
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Medicinsk statistik Statistisk metod Medical statistics Statistical methods 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>610/.7/27 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>WA 950  / K59e 2003