Statistics in Medicine

Name: Statistics in Medicine
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ISBN: 9780123848642

ISBN-10: 0123848644

ISBN-13: 9780123848642

Edition: 3rd 2012

Authors: Robert H. Riffenburgh

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Medicine deals with treatments that work often but not always, so treatment success must be based on probability. Statistical methods lift medical research from the anecdotal to measured levels of probability.Statistics in Medicine, Third Edition offers a unique combination of reference information for practitioners and researchers, along with core statistical methods for medical and health care students. It makes medical statistics easy for the non-biostatistician by outlining the common statistical methods used in 90% of medical research and clearly explaining the underlying basics. The book does not require a significant level of statistical knowledge, and provides abundant clinical… examples and exercises to reinforce concepts.Easy-to-follow format incorporates medical examples, step-by-step methods, and "check -yourself" exercisesAppeals to readers with little or no statistical background, across medical and biomedical disciplinesTwo new opening chapters summarize the research development steps, from conceiving a study to putting obtained data in an analyzable form, to finishing analysis and publishing the study. (1) Designing a study, acquiring data, & writing for journals, and (2) Planning analysis: What should I do with my data?Allows the book to stand alone as an overview guide for research in medicineFills the gap left in all other medical statistics books between the reader's knowledge of how to go about research and the books' coverage of how to analyze results of that researchWithin the opening "Plan of the Book" three recommend teaching plans will be listed: one recommending chapters/sections for a 2-credit-one-term introduction, one for a 3-credit-one-term introduction, and one for a 1-year courseEnhances flexibility of book content for use in courses across medical and biomedical disciplinesSaves researchers and professors time in looking for two separate books to teach a course and conduct researchUnique separate section of chapter summaries at the end of the book - a sort of a Reader's Digest summary of the book that highlights the key results (formulas, method algorithms, and check lists)Clinician/researchers will appreciate a quick reference source when they may not have the time or patience to read through the entire bookStudents will be able to use these sections as a study guide or a quick refresherCompanion web site hosts:Databases in Excel format that were used in the book, which can be downloaded and transferred into whatever format is neededPowerPoint slides of figures, tables, and graphs from the bookLinks to most commonly used statistical software packages (SAS, SPSS, Minitab), ISM, SSMResearchers and students can both use the databases to perform the exercises given in the book or to practice using any appropriate statistical methodsResearcher/professors will use PowerPoint slides in their professional/course lecturesResearchers and students may both need to know where to find recommended software packages to analyze their data

Book details

List price: $74.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
Publication date: 8/13/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 738
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.21" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 3.696
Language: English

Robert H. Riffenburgh, Ph.D. provides advice on experimental design, statistical analysis, and scientific integrity on the approximately 140 new studies beginning each year at the Naval Medical Center San Diego. He is former professor and Head, Dept. of Statistics, Univ. of Connecticut, and has been faculty at Va Tech., Univ. Hawaii, Univ. Maryland, Univ. California San Diego, San Diego State Univ., and in Leidin (The Netherlands). He has been president of his own consulting firm and performed and directed operations research for the U.S. Government and NATO. He has consulted periodically on medical statistics throughout his career and full-time for the last eight years. He has received…



Databases


Foreword 3rd Edition


Foreword 2nd Edition


Foreword First Edition


Acknowledgments


How to Use this Book






Planning Studies: From Design to Publication



Planning Analysis: What Do I Do with my Data?



Probability and Relative Frequency Distributions



Distributions



Descriptive Statistics



Finding Probabilities of Error



Confidence Intervals



Hypothesis Testing: Concept and Practice



Tests on Categorical Data



Risks, Odds, and ROC Curves



Tests on Ranked Data



Tests on Means of Continuous Data



Multi-Factor ANOVA and ANCOVA



Tests on Variability and Distributions



Managing Results of Analysis



Equivalence Testing



Bayesian Statistics



Sample Size Estimation and Meta-Analysis



Modeling Concepts and Methods



Clinical Decisions Based on Models



Regression and Correlation



Multiple and Curvilinear Regression



Survival, Logistic Regression, and Cox Regression



Sequential Analysis and Time Series



Epidemiology



Measuring Association and Agreement



Questionnaires and Surveys



Methods You Might Meet, But Not Every Day


References and Data Sources


Tables of Probability Distributions