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D. Coggon
Coggon, David
ISBN: 9780727916099
Format: Paperback
Publisher:BMJ Publishing Group
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
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This non-mathematical introduction to statistics is intended for health care workers who need to understand the principles so that they can interpret and appraise research papers. It is a guide for the information seeking clinician rather than a hands-on statistics primer, and that is how it differs from other basic statistics texts. This second edition has been revised and updated to make it even more relevant and useful to its wide audience…
These days a basic knowledge of statistics is essential for good clinical practice, which presents a daunting challenge to health professionals who are not mathematically inclined. This book is aimed at clinicians and students who view statistics as a necessary evil. It covers the summary and presentation of data as might be required for a clinical meeting, audit or the planning of services, and explains how to interpret the p-values and confidence intervals that are reported in medical and scientific journals.
| ISBN | 0727916092 | | Pages | 120 | | ISBN13 | 9780727916099
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | BMJ Publishing Group | | Weight (grammes) | 160 | | Imprint | BMJ Books | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | Communications and It | | Publication date | 31 Jan 2002 | | Previous ISBN | 9780727909077 | | Non-book description | book | | Height (mm) | 216 | | Library of Congress | RA409 | | Width (mm) | 138 | | DEWEY | 519.502461 | | Spine width (mm) | 6 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Professional / Scholarly, Postgraduate |
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| | | Preface | | | | 1 | | Types of data | | 1 | | 2 | | Summarising univariate data | | 7 | | 3 | | Summarising bivariate and multivariate data | | 26 | | 4 | | Probability | | 47 | | 5 | | Hypothesis testing | | 57 | | 6 | | Estimation with confidence intervals | | 67 | | 7 | | Statistical power and selection of samples | | 74 | | 8 | | Statistical modelling | | 87 | | 9 | | Interpretation of statistical analyses | | 93 | | | | Answers | | 99 | | | | Further reading | | 106 | | | | Index | | 107 |
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