Statistics in Medicine

Praise for the Third Edition:
''I teach MPH, Preventive Medicine residents, Clinical Science and Population Health Science students. I currently use Statistics in Medicine, 2^nd Ed…and now am quite fond of it. Its strength is a pedagogical trick of covering the material first at a high level (30,000 ft) and then in detail….My students like the text.''--Daniel Freeman, PhD, Professor, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston TX.
''It is very difficult to avoid much of the basic mathematics without losing some of the important concepts and foundation to the subject. Many authors that try, fail miserably. Riffenburgh [has] carefully crafted a text that succeeds in this goal. I consider Riffenburgh's book to be a great choice especially for a two quarter or two semester course.''--Michael Chernick, PhD,Director of Biostatistical Services, Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Arlington VA.
''About 90% of statistical analysis uses about 30% of the statistical methods, says Riffenburgh (Naval Medical Center San Diego, California), and those are the methods he devotes his attention to. In a textbook for a first course in statistics for future clinicians (not future mathematicians) he explains the procedures step-by-step with many clinical examples. Among the methods are confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, categorical data, and epidemiological method. He also discusses managing results of analysis, questionnaires and surveys, survival analysis, and logistic regression. The 15 databases he uses are available online. Earlier editions were published in 1999 and 2006. Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier.''--Reference and Research Book News, October 2012

PRAISE FOR THE SECOND EDITION:

''...the author presents statistical concepts in fairly simple language and in a format that will make it especially appealing to a clinician...All clinicians will find this book useful, whether they are students, residents, or practitioners...particularly helpful to clinicians who do not have the time or interest in getting comprehensive training in biostatistics, yet need to understand and use these concepts in their professional careers...particularly useful are the illustrations and examples, exercises along with their answers, appendixes, and use of real data. Formulas are explained clearly, in a step-by-step fashion...This is one of the few books that presents hard to understand statistical concepts applied to real-world medical data in a relatively simple manner. The second edition expands on the first and includes more advanced topics as well as current concepts.''--DOODY Enterprises, Inc.
''This book is excellent value for the clinician who wants to evaluate the research (s)he reads and for those who carry out research.''--Margaret Moss, UK, for JOURNAL OF NUTRITIONAL & ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE

FROM THE FOREWORD OF THE SECOND EDITION:
''I congratulate Dr. Riffenburgh on his career as a medical statistician and for this useful text/reference book, which I commend to all who teach statistics to students in the health-related fields and to all who are engaged in or are consumers of health-related research.''--W.M.(Mike) O'Fallon, Professor Emeritus and former Head of Biostatistics and Chair of the Dept. of Health Science Research, Mayo Clinic

PRAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITION:
''This user-friendly text is laid out in a practical fashion that includes numerous examples for applying complex tests. This book is complete enough for even the hard core bioresearcher.''--Richard A. Hill, University of California-Irvine
''Statistics can be overwhelming for the health professional and Dr. Riffenburgh gives them the tools to make preparing proposals using statistical applications easy. I wholeheartedly recommend this book to any professional, novice or seasoned, involved in the research process.''--Capt. Peggy McNulty, U.S. Naval Health Clinic, Hawaii