Introductory medical statistics

• Main Author: Mould, Richard F. Richard Francis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol Institute of Physics Publishing 1998
• Edition: THIRD EDITION
• Series: Medical science series
• Subjects: Medical statistics > Statistical methods > Research; Medicine > Research > Statistical methods; Statistics as Topic; Biometry
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• Physical Description: xviii, 403 pages illustrations 23cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 360-377) and index
• ISBN: 9780750305136; 0750305134

Introductory Medical Statistics, now in its third edition, is an introductory textbook on basic statistical techniques. It is written for physicians, surgeons, radiation oncologists, medical physicists, radiographers, hospital administrators, medical statisticians in training, biochemists, and other professionals allied to medicine. It is suitable as a teaching text for clinicians working towards their professional examinations. It is also suitable for Maters degree courses in medical physics.The third edition has been extensively revised and expanded to include: Clinical trial design and analysis Multivariate analysis Cox proportional hazards model McNemar, Wicoxon, Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis, Mantel-Haenszel, and Kappa tests Kaplan-Meier survival rates Sensitivity and Specificity Specification of treatment success, cure, and quality of life Risk specification Case-control and cohort epidemiological studies