| Edition |
4th ed |
| Description |
viii, 218 p : ill ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
What are statistics? -- Populations and samples -- Random sampling -- Presenting data -- Frequencies, percentages, proportions and rates -- Types of data -- Mean, median and mode -- Centiles -- Standard deviation -- Standard error - Normal distribution -- Confidence intervals --Probability -- Hypothesis tests and P-values -- The t-tests -- Data checking -- Parametric and non-parametric tests -- Correlation and linear regression -- Analysis of variance and some other types of regression -- Chi-squared test -- Statistical power and samples size -- Effect size-- What is epidemiology? -- Bias and confounding --Measuring disease frequncey -- Measuring association in epidemiology -- Prevalence studies -- Questionnaires -- Cohort studies -- Case-control studies -- Randomised controlled trials -- Screening -- Evidence-based healthcare. |
| Subject |
Medical statistics
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Epidemiology
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Mathematical statistics
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| ISBN |
9781785231162 |
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