Making Sense of Statistics in Healthcare
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2001
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Radcliffe Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-85775-472-8 (ISBN)
Radcliffe Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-85775-472-8 (ISBN)
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Designed as an aid for all healthcare professionals, this guide explains how statisticians use data and how to understand published studies. It includes many examples and ideas and discusses statistical concepts in the contexts of real studies.
Not another book about statistics? Yes and no. This book is unique in being written for people who want to be able to make sense of published studies or embark on their own studies without getting bogged down by the details of how to use specific methods. It gives insight into how statisticians view data and research and into what they do. This book is virtually formula free and it does not describe the mechanics of techniques but is packed with ideas and examples. It describes how statisticians use data and provides a thorough explanation of statistical concepts in the context of real studies to enable the reader to make informed judgements. Invaluable for those involved in research it shows how to combine formal results with common and clinical sense.
Not another book about statistics? Yes and no. This book is unique in being written for people who want to be able to make sense of published studies or embark on their own studies without getting bogged down by the details of how to use specific methods. It gives insight into how statisticians view data and research and into what they do. This book is virtually formula free and it does not describe the mechanics of techniques but is packed with ideas and examples. It describes how statisticians use data and provides a thorough explanation of statistical concepts in the context of real studies to enable the reader to make informed judgements. Invaluable for those involved in research it shows how to combine formal results with common and clinical sense.
Prevention is better than cure; A multitude of types; A picture speaks a thousand words, or a few lies!; It's a mean old scene; What's so normal about normality?; Hypothesis not hype; Confound it; Where is the evidence?; Liasing with a statistician; Appendix A: Simple randomisation; Appendix B: Selecting a random sample from a sampling frame; Glossary of terms; References
| Zusatzinfo | glossary, references |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Statistik |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Epidemiologie / Med. Biometrie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-85775-472-7 / 1857754727 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-85775-472-8 / 9781857754728 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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