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
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Biometry. Medical statistics. Medicine--Research--Data processing. Biostatistics--methods. Evidence-Based Medicine.