Statistics workbook for evidence-based health care / Jennifer Peat, Belinda Barton, Elizabeth Elliot.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peat, Jennifer K.

Contributor:

Barton, Belinda.

Elliott, Elizabeth J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evidence-based medicine--Statistical methods.

Evidence-based medicine.

Medical logic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell/BMJ Books, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This concise, easy to understand and learner-friendly book invites the readers to actively participate in the understanding of medical statistical concepts that are frequently used in health care research and evidence-based practice worldwide. Knowing that the best way to learn statistical concepts is to use them, the authors employ real examples and articles from health science literature, complete with the complexities that real life presents, in an approach that will help bring researchers and clinicians one step closer towards being statistical savvy and better able to critically read res

Contents:

Statistics Workbook for Evidence-based Health Care; Foreword; Introduction; Overview; UNIT 1 Hypothesis testing and estimation; UNIT 2 Incidence and prevalence rates; UNIT 3 Comparing proportions; UNIT 4 Relative risk and odds ratio; UNIT 5 Clinical trials; UNIT 6 Comparing mean values; UNIT 7 Correlation and regression; UNIT 8 Follow-up studies; UNIT 9 Survival analyses; UNIT 10 Diagnostic and screening statistics; Answers; Glossary; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612690419

9781282690417

1282690418

9781444300499

1444300490

9781444300505

1444300504

OCLC:

437097997