Practical biostatistics : a user-friendly approach for evidence-based medicine / Mendel Suchmacher, Mauro Geller.
Publication details: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, 2012.Edition: 1st editionDescription: xii, 236 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780124157941
- 0124157947
- Practical biostatistics with Microsoft Excel [Cover title]
- WA 950 S942p 2012
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book Closed Access | Health Sciences Library | WA 950 S942p 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | MBAL22066633 |
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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