Using and understanding medical statistics

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Univ. of Waterloo, Canada. Presents many of the more complex statistical methods and techniques currently appearing in medical publications. This edition features new chapters on Poisson regression, the analysis of variance, meta-analysis, diagnostic tests, and more. For clinicians. Previous edition: c1996. Expanded-outline format. DNLM: Biometry-methods.

Author(s): Matthews D., Farewell V.
Edition: 4ed
Publisher: Karger
Year: 2007

Language: English
Pages: 345
Tags: Медицинские дисциплины;Социальная медицина и медико-биологическая статистика;

ASD......Page 1
Contents.pdf......Page 2
1 Basic Concepts.pdf......Page 19
2 Tests of Significance.pdf......Page 30
3 Fisher’s Test for 2 X 2 Contingency Tables.pdf......Page 39
4 Approximate Significance Tests for Contingency Tables.pdf......Page 48
5 Some Warnings Concerning 2 X 2 Tables.pdf......Page 66
6 Kaplan-Meier or ‘Actuarial’ Survival Curves.pdf......Page 74
7 The Log-Rank or Mantel-Haenszel Test for the Comparison of Survival Curves.pdf......Page 88
8 An Introduction to the Normal Distribution.pdf......Page 97
9 Analyzing Normally Distributed Data.pdf......Page 111
10 Linear Regression Models for Medical Data.pdf......Page 133
11 Binary Logistic Regression.pdf......Page 150
12 Regression Models for Count Data.pdf......Page 164
13 Proportional Hazards Regression.pdf......Page 172
14 The Analysis of Longitudinal Data.pdf......Page 183
15 Analysis of Variance.pdf......Page 197
16 Data Analysis.pdf......Page 214
17 The Question of Sample Size.pdf......Page 230
18 The Design of Clinical Trials.pdf......Page 240
19 Further Comments Regarding Clinical Trials.pdf......Page 257
20 Meta-Analysis.pdf......Page 277
21 Epidemiological Applications.pdf......Page 286
22 Diagnostic Tests.pdf......Page 305
23 Agreement and Reliability.pdf......Page 321
24 References.pdf......Page 333
Subject Index.pdf......Page 337