Statistics with confidence : confidence intervals and statistical guidelines.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Altman, Douglas G.

Gardner, M. J. (Martin John), 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Confidence intervals.

Medical statistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed. / edited by Douglas G. Altman [et al.].

Place of Publication:

[Great Britain] : BMJ Books, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This highly popular introduction to confidence intervals has been thoroughly updated and expanded. It includes methods for using confidence intervals, with illustrative worked examples and extensive guidelines and checklists to help the novice.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Contents; Contributors; Source of contents; Introduction; PART I ESTIMATION AND CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; 1 Estimating with confidence; 2 Confidence intervals in practice; 3 Confidence intervals rather than P values; 4 Means and their differences; 5 Medians and their differences; 6 Proportions and their differences; 7 Epidemiological studies; 8 Regression and correlation; 9 Time to event studies; 10 Diagnostic tests; 11 Clinical trials and meta-analyses; 12 Confidence intervals and sample sizes; 13 Special topics; PART II STATISTICAL GUIDELINES AND CHECKLISTS

14 Statistical guidelines for contributors to medical journals 15 Statistical checklists; PART III NOTATION, SOFTWARE, AND TABLES; 16 Notation; 17 Computer software for calculating confidence intervals (CIA); 18 Tables for the calculation of confidence intervals; Index

Notes:

Includes 3 1/2" disc in pocket attached to inside back cover.

Previous ed.: / edited by Martin J. Gardner and Douglas G. Altman. 1989.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Related Work:

Gardner, M. J. (Martin John), 1940- Statistics with confidence.

ISBN:

9781118702505

1118702506

9781118702512

1118702514

OCLC:

893333061