TY - BOOK AU - Kirkwood,Betty R. AU - Sterne,Jonathan A.C. TI - Essential medical statistics SN - 0865428719 U1 - 610/.7/27 21 PY - 2003/// CY - Malden, Mass. PB - Blackwell Science KW - Medicinsk statistik KW - sao KW - Medicinsk forskning KW - Statistisk metod KW - Medical statistics KW - Medicine KW - Research KW - Statistical methods KW - Biometry KW - Statistics as Topic KW - methods KW - Biomedical Research KW - Statistics KW - statistics KW - biometry N1 - Rev. ed. of: Essentials of medical statistics / Betty R. Kirkwood. 1988; 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 ER -