Medical Statistics A TEXTBOOK FOR THE HEALTH SCIENCES

• Main Authors: Walters, Stephen J. (Author), Campbell, Michael J. (Author), Machin, David (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, NJ John Wiley 2021
• Edition: FIFTH EDITION
• Subjects: Medical statistics; Medicine > Research Statistical methods
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• Physical Description: xi, 433 pages 26 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical reference and index
• ISBN: 9781119423645

The fifth edition of this popular textbook provides students and practitioners with a clear, concise introduction to the statistics they will come across in their regular reading of clinical papers. Written by three experts with wide teaching and consulting experience, Medical Statistics: A Textbook for the Health Sciences, 5th Edition: Assumes no prior knowledge of statistics. Covers all essential statistical methods. Completely revised, updated and expanded. Includes numerous examples and exercises on the interpretation of the statistics in papers published in medical journals. Includes a companion website with downloadable data, new separate chapters on topics such as logistic regression; diagnostic tests; assessing the quality of statistics/reading the statistics in a scientific paper and other statistical methods (such as meta-analysis; the bootstrap; imputation of missing data and summary measures for analysing longitudinal data) and additional sections on designs such as pilot/feasibility studies; cluster and stepped wedge randomised controlled trials