Brief Guidelines for Methods and Statistics in Medical Research

• Main Author: Jamalludin Ab Rahman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Springer 2015
• Series: SpringerBriefs in statistics
• Subjects: Research Design; Biometry; Data Interpretation, Statistical; Statistics as Topic
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This book serves as a practical guide to methods and statistics in medical research. It includes step-by-step instructions on using SPSS software for statistical analysis, as well as relevant examples to help those readers who are new to research in health and medical fields. Simple texts and diagra...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Planning a research
• 1.1 Building problem statement
• 1.2 Effective literature search
• 1.3 Choosing best study design
• 1.4 Sampling terms
• 1.5 Choosing sampling method
• 1.6 Calculating sample size
• 1.7 Observations and measurements
• 1.8 Data quality control
• 1.9 Plan for statistical analysis
• 1.10 Critical information in research proposal
• 2. Analysing research data
• 2.1 Descriptive statistics
• 2.2 Analytical statistics
• 2.3 Comparing means
• 2.4 Comparing proportions
• 2.5 Comparing ranks
• 2.6 Covariance, correlation and regression
• 2.7 General linear model
• 2.8 Logistic regression
• 2.9 How to analyse, in summary.