The essentials of biostatistics for physicians, nurses, and clinicians / Michael R. Chernick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chernick, Michael R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biometry.

Biostatistics.

Medical Subjects:

Biostatistics.

Physical Description:

x, 214 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, [2011]

Summary:

Chernick (biostatistical services, Lankenau Institute for Medical Research) helps healthcare practitioners understand basic biostatistics by covering only the essential areas needed for medical research. He first discusses the relationship between biostatistics and medical research and the significance of statistical methods in medical literature and clinical trials research, then correlation, regression, and logistic regression; diagnostics; estimating means and proportions; normal distribution and the central limit theorem; sampling from populations; contingency tables; meta-analysis; nonparametric methods; hypothesis testing; and survival analysis. He includes topics like Kaplan-Meier curves, repeated measures, analysis of variance, hazard ratios, logrank tests, bioequivalence, cross-over designs, noninferiority, selection bias, and group sequential methods on a conceptual level without theory. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

The what, why, and how of biostatistics in medical research

Sampling from populations

Graphics and summary statistics

Normal distribution and related properties

Estimating means and proportions

Hypothesis testing

Correlation, regression, and logistic regression

Contingency tables

Nonparametric methods

Survival analysis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780470641859

0470641851

OCLC:

697768683