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Using and understanding medical statistics / David E. Matthews, Vernon T. Farewell.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Basel ; New York : Karger, c1996.Edition: 3rd, rev. edDescription: xiii, 246 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 3805562764 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 610.727 MAT F 20
LOC classification:
  • RA409 .M39 1996
NLM classification:
  • WA 950 M438u 1996
Contents:
Basic concepts; tests of significance; Fisher's test for 2x2 contingency tables; approximate significance tests for contingency tables; some warnings concerning 2x2 tables; Kaplan-Meier or "actuarial" survival curves; the log-rank or Mantel-Haenszel test for the comparison of survival curves; an introduction to the normal distribution; analyzing normally distributed data; linear regression models for medical data; binary logistic regression; proportional hazards regression; the analysis of longitudinal data; data analysis; the question of sample size; the design of clinical trials; further comments regarding clinical trials; epidemiological applications.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-239) and index.

Basic concepts; tests of significance; Fisher's test for 2x2 contingency tables; approximate significance tests for contingency tables; some warnings concerning 2x2 tables; Kaplan-Meier or "actuarial" survival curves; the log-rank or Mantel-Haenszel test for the comparison of survival curves; an introduction to the normal distribution; analyzing normally distributed data; linear regression models for medical data; binary logistic regression; proportional hazards regression; the analysis of longitudinal data; data analysis; the question of sample size; the design of clinical trials; further comments regarding clinical trials; epidemiological applications.

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