TY  - BOOK
AU  - Matthews,David E.
AU  - Farewell,Vernon T.
TI  - Using and understanding medical statistics
SN  - 3805562764 (hardcover : alk. paper)
AV  - RA409 .M39 1996
U1  - 610.727 MAT F 20
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Basel, New York
PB  - Karger
KW  - Medical statistics
KW  - Biometry
KW  - methods
KW  - Statistics
N1  - 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
ER  -