Essential Medical Statistics (2nd Edition)
by Betty Kirkwood, Jonathan Sterne, (2003)

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
ISBN: 0-86542-871-9
Pages: 512 pages
Price: £29.99 + p&p

Contents

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Part A. Basics

1. Using this Book

2. Defining the Data

3. Displaying the Data

Part B. Analysis of Numerical Outcomes

4. Means, Standard Deviations and Standard Errors

5. The Normal Distribution

6. Confidence Interval for a Mean

7. Comparison of Two Means: Confidence Intervals, Hypothesis Tests and P-values

8. Using P-values and Confidence Intervals to Interpret the Results of
Statistical Analyses

9. Comparison of Means from Several Groups: Analysis of Variance

10. Linear Regression and Correlation

11. Multiple Regression

12. Goodness of fit and Regression Diagnostics

13. Transformations

Part C. Analysis of Binary Outcomes

14. Probability, Risks and Odds (of disease)

15. Proportions and the Binomial Distribution

16. Comparing two Proportions

17. Chi-squared Tests for 2 × 2 and Larger Contingency Tables

18. Controlling for Confounding: Stratification

19. Logistic Regression: Comparing Two or More Exposure Groups

20. Logisitic Regression: Controlling for Confounding and other Extensions

21. Matched Studies

Part D. Longitudinal Studies: Analysis of Rates and Survival Times

22. Longitudinal Studies, Rates and the Poisson Distribution

23. Comparing Rates

24. Poisson Regression

25. Standardisation

26. Survival Analysis: Displaying and Comparing Survival Patterns

27. Regression Analysis of Survival Data

Part E. Statistical Modelling

28. Likelihood

29. Regression Modelling

30. Relaxing Model Assumptions

31. Analysis of Clustered Data

32. Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis

33. Bayesian Statistics

Part F. Study Design, Analysis and Interpretation

34. Linking Analysis to Study Design: Summary of Methods

35. Calculation of Required Sample Size

36. Measurement Error: Assessment and Implications

37. Measures of Association and Impact

38. Strategies for Analysis

APPENDIX: Statistical Tables

Bibliography