Statistics for Healthcare Professionals (eBook)

An Introduction

Ian Scott, Deborah Mazhindu (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2014 | 2., Second Edition
256 Seiten
Sage Publications (Verlag)
978-1-4462-9803-9 (ISBN)

Infos

This book introduces you to the basic rules and principles of statistics and shows you how straightforward statistical tests can be performed and analysed in relation to healthcare. Key features of the text are: -Examples which show how statistics are used in the real world -Exercises to test your understanding and develop your proficiency -A glossary to remind you of key terms. -Additional online material including guides to using Microsoft Excel and SPSS and sample datasets.

Inhalt

Statistics for Health Care Research
The Statistical Approach: When Should It Be Applied?
Measuring, Sampling and Error
Questionnaires
The Studies
Descriptive Statistics
Displaying Data
Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics
An Introduction to Hypothesis Testing
Distributions and Probabilities
Making Predictions
Testing for Differences Between Means
Errors and ANOVAs
Not Normal
Non-parametric Tests
Tests for Association: Chi-Square
Tests for Association: Correlation and Regression
How Big a Sample: Power Analysis
Analysing Data from Systematic Reviews
Choosing Test Statistics

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.3.2014
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Statistik
• Themenwelt: Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Epidemiologie / Med. Biometrie
• Schlagworte: Health • Health Research • Health statistics • quantitative research • Research methods • SPSS • Statistics
• ISBN-10: 1-4462-9803-5 / 1446298035
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4462-9803-9 / 9781446298039