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Suchmacher, Mendel.

Practical biostatistics : a user-friendly approach for evidence-based medicine / Practical biostatistics with Microsoft Excel Mendel Suchmacher, Mauro Geller. - 1st edition - Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, 2012. - xii, 236 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

PART 1 - INTRODUCTION

1. STUDY TYPE DETERMINATION
1. Epidemiological studies
2. Analytical studies
3. Summary

PART 2 - OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES
2. Determination of association strength between an exposure factor and an event in observational studies
3. Increasing accuracy in observational studies

PART 3 - STEP-BY-STEP BIOSTATISTICS OF A CLINICAL TRIAL
4. STEP 1: Investigator's hypothesis and expression of its corresponding outcome
5. STEP 2: n estimation and n assessment of a published trial
6. STEP 3: Organization of variables and endpoints
7. STEP 4: Measures for results expression of a clinical trial
8. STEP 5: Determination of normality or non-normality of data distribution
9. STEP 6: Hypothesis testing
10. STEP 7: Correlating sample data with the general population - 95% confidence Interval

PART 4 - ADDITIONAL CONCEPTS IN BIOSTATISTICS
11. Individual and collective benefit and risk indexes inferable from intervention cohort studies
12. Statistical assessment of diagnostic tests for the clinic
13. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses
14. Correlation and regression
16. Per protocol analysis and intention to treat analysis

ISBN: 9780124157941 0124157947

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Biometry.
Medical statistics.
Medicine--Research--Data processing.
Biostatistics--methods.
Evidence-Based Medicine.

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WA 950 S942p 2012