An Insightful Introduction to Medical Statistics.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c58718) has announced the addition of "Medical Statistics: A Textbook for the Health Sciences, 4th Edition" to their offering. Provides students and practitioners with a clear, concise introduction to the statistics they will come across in their regular reading of clinical papers. Written by three experts with wide teaching and consulting experience, Medical Statistics: A Textbook for the Health Sciences, Fourth Edition: - Assumes no prior knowledge of statistics - Covers all essential statistical methods - Completely revised, updated and expanded - Includes numerous examples and exercises on the interpretation of the statistics in papers published in medical journals From the reviews of the previous edition: "The book has several excellent features: it is written by statisticians Statisticians or people who made notable contributions to the theories of statistics, or related aspects of probability, or machine learning: A to E
"Many statisticians are concerned at the generally poor standard of statistics in papers published in medical journals. Perhaps this could be remedied if more research workers would spare a few hours to read through Campbell and Machin's book." BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL The British Medical Journal, or BMJ, is one of the most popular and widely-read peer-reviewed general medical journals in the world.[2] It is published by the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd (owned by the British Medical Association), whose other "... a simple, interesting and insightful introduction to medical statistics... highly recommended." STATISTICAL METHODS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH "Campbell and Machin found the golden mean... this book can be recommended for all students and all medical researchers." ISCB ISCB International Society for Computational Biology ISCB International Society for Clinical Biostatistics ISCB International School of Classical Ballet (Kirkland, WA) NEWSLETTER Areas covered: - Uses and abuses of medical statistics - Describing and displaying categorical data categorical data data relating to category such as qualitative data, e.g. dog, cat, female. It may be nominal when a name is used, e.g. location, breed, or ordinal when a range of categories is used, e.g. calf, yearling, cow. - Describing and displaying quantitative data - Probability and decision making - Distributions - Populations, samples, standard errors and confidence intervals - p-Values and statistical inference - Tests for comparing two groups of categorical or continuous data - Correlation and linear regression Linear regression A statistical technique for fitting a straight line to a set of data points. - Survival analysis - Reliability and method comparison studies - Observational studies observational studies, n.pl an investigational method involving description of the associations be-tween interventions and outcomes. Outcomes research and practice audits are examples of this investigational method. - The randomised Adj. 1. randomised - set up or distributed in a deliberately random way randomized irregular - contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice; "irregular hiring practices" controlled trial controlled trial Clinical research A clinical study in which one group of participants receives an experimental drug while the other receives either a placebo or an approved–'gold standard' therapy. See Blinding, Double-blinded. - Sample size issues - Common pitfalls For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c58718. |
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