Statistical methodologies with medical applications / Poduri S. R. S. Rao.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rao, Poduri S. R. S., author.

Series:

THEi Wiley ebooks.

THEi Wiley ebooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Statistics--Study and teaching.

Statistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (323 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

West Sussex, England : Wiley, 2017.

System Details:

Access using campus network via VPN at home (THEi Users Only).

Summary:

This book presents the methodology and applications ofa range ofimportant topics in statistics, and is designed forgraduate students in Statistics and Biostatistics and for medical researchers.Illustrations and more than ninety exercises with solutions are presented. They are constructed from the research findings of the medical journals, summary reports of the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO), and practical situations. The illustrations and exercises are related to topics such as immunization, obesity, hypertension, lipid levels, diet and exercise, harmful effects of smoking and air pollution, and the benefits of gluten free diet. Thisbook can be recommended for a one or two semester graduate level course forstudents studying Statistics, Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Health Sciences. Itwill also be useful asa companion for medical researchers and research oriented physicians.

Contents:

Statistical measures

Probability, random variable

Odds ratios, relative risk, sensitivity and specificity and the ROC curve

Probability distributions

Means, standard errors and confidence limits

Proportions, odds ratios and relative risks

Tests of hypotheses : means and variances

Tests of hypotheses : proportions and percentages

The chisquare statistic

Regression and correlation

Analysis of variance and covariance

Meta-analysis

Survival analysis

Nonparametric statistics

Further topics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781119258483

1119258480

9781119258520

1119258529

9781119258568

1119258561

OCLC:

967108153