Statistics at Square One

The new edition of this international bestseller continues to throw light on the world of statistics for health care professionals and medical students.
Revised throughout, the 11th edition features new material in the areas ofrelative risk, absolute risk and   numbers needed to treatdiagnostic tests, sensitivity, specificity, ROC curvesfree statistical software
The popular self–testing exercises at the end of every chapter are strengthened by the addition of new sections on reading and reporting statistics and formula appreciation.

Spis treści:
Preface.
Chapter 1 Data display and summary.
Chapter 2 Summary statistics for quantitative data.
Chapter 3 Summary statistics for binary data.
Chapter 4 Populations and samples.
Chapter 5 Statements of probability and confidence intervals.
Chapter 6 P–values, power, type I and type II errors.
Chapter 7 The t tests.
Chapter 8 The χ2 tests.
Chapter 9 Diagnostic tests.
Chapter 10 Rank score tests.
Chapter 11 Correlation and regression.
Chapter 12 Survival analysis.
Chapter 13 Study design and choosing a statistical test.
Chapter 14 Use of computer software.
Answers to exercises.
Glossary of statistical terms.
Appendix.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
Professor Michael Campbell, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

Okładka tylna:
The new edition of this international bestseller continues to throw light on the world of statistics for health care professionals and medical students.
Revised throughout, the 11th edition features new material in the areas ofrelative risk, absolute risk and   numbers needed to treatdiagnostic tests, sensitivity, specificity, ROC curvesfree statistical software
The popular self–testing exercises at the end of every chapter are strengthened by the addition of new sections on reading a nd reporting statistics and formula appreciation.