Berbice and Turkeyen Campuses
Using and understanding medical statistics /
by Matthews, David E.,
Additional authors: Farewell, Vernon T.
Edition statement:4th, completely rev. and enl. ed.
Published by :
Karger,
(Basel ; | New York :)
Physical details: xx, 322 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 9783805581899 (hard cover : alk. paper); 3805581890 (hard cover : alk. paper).
Subject(s):
Medical statistics.
|
Biometry
--
methods.
|
Statistics.
Year: 2007
| Item type | Location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ebook |
Turkeyen Campus
|
RA409 .M39 2007 (Browse shelf) | Available | soft copy available at TCL |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [310]-313) and index.
Basic concepts -- Tests of significance -- Fisher's test for 2 x 2 contingency tables -- Approximate significance tests for contingency tables -- Some warnings concerning 2 x 2 tables -- Kaplan-Meier or 'actuarial' survival curves -- The log-rank or Mantel-Haenszel test for the comparison of survival curves --
An introduction to the normal distribution -- Analyzing normally distributed data -- Linear regression models for medical data -- Binary logistic regression -- Regression models for count data -- Proportional hazards regression -- The analysis of longitudinal data --
Analysis of variance -- Data analysis -- The question of sample size -- The design of clinical trials -- Further comments regarding clinical trials -- Meta-analysis -- Epidemiological applications -- Diagnostic tests -- Agreement and reliability.
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