Essential medical statistics / Betty R. Kirkwood, Jonathan A.C. Sterne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kirkwood, Betty R.

Contributor:

Sterne, Jonathan A. C.

Kirkwood, Betty R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine--Research--Statistical methods.

Medicine.

Medical statistics.

Statistics as Topic.

Biometry.

Medical Subjects:

Statistics as Topic.

Biometry.

Physical Description:

x, 501 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Medical statistics

Place of Publication:

Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Science, 2003.

Summary:

Essential Medical Statistics is a classic amongst medical statisticians. An introductory textbook, it presents statistics with a clarity and logic that demystifies the subject, while providing a comprehensive coverage of advanced as well as basic methods.

The second edition of Essential Medical Statistics has been comprehensively revised and updated to include modern statistical methods and modern approaches to statistical analysis, while retaining the approachable and non-mathematical style of the first edition. The book now includes full coverage of the most commonly used regression models, multiple linear regression, logistic regression, Poisson regression and Cox regression, as well as a chapter on general issues in regression modelling. In addition, new chapters introduce more advanced topics such as meta-analysis, likelihood, bootstrapping and robust standard errors, and analysis of clustered data.

Aimed at students of medical statistics, medical researchers, public health practitioners and practising clinicians using statistics in their daily work, the book is designed as both a teaching and a reference text. The format of the book is clear with highlighted formulae and worked examples, so that all concepts are presented in a simple, practical and easy-to-understand way. The second edition enhances the emphasis on choice of appropriate methods with new chapters on strategies for analysis and measures of association and impact.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Essentials of medical statistics / Betty R. Kirkwood. 1988.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [487]-492) and index.

Related Work:

Kirkwood, Betty R. Essentials of medical statistics.

ISBN:

0865428719

OCLC:

50684158