Statistics in medicine
Medicine deals with treatments that work often but not always, so treatment success must be based on probability. Statistical methods lift medical research from the anecdotal to measured levels of probability. This book presents the common statistical methods used in 90% of medical research, along w...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Burlington, MA
Elsevier Academic Press
2006
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| Edition: | SECOND EDITION |
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Add Tag | Summary: | Medicine deals with treatments that work often but not always, so treatment success must be based on probability. Statistical methods lift medical research from the anecdotal to measured levels of probability. This book presents the common statistical methods used in 90% of medical research, along with the underlying basics, in two parts: a textbook section for use by students in health care training programs, e.g., medical schools or residency training, and a reference section for use by practicing clinicians in reading medical literature and performing their own research. The book does not require a significant level of mathematical knowledge and couches the methods in multiple examples drawn from clinical medicine, giving it applicable context |
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| Physical Description: | xli, 622 pages illustrations 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 581-584) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780120887705 0120887703 |
Statistics in medicine