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040 _aDNLM/DLC
_cBSU
_erda
_beng
082 0 0 _a610.727 KIR
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100 1 _aKirkwood, Betty R.
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245 1 0 _aEssential medical statistics /
_cBetty R. Kirkwood, Jonathan A.C. Sterne.
250 _a2nd ed.
260 _aMalden, Mass. :
_bBlackwell Science,
_c2003.
300 _ax, 502 p. :
_bill. ;
_c25 cm.
500 _aRev. ed. of: Essentials of medical statistics / Betty R. Kirkwood. 1988.
504 _aIncludes appendices, bibliographical references (p. [487]-492) and index.
505 0 _aUsing this book -- Defining the data -- Displaying the data -- Means, standard deviations and standard errors -- The normal distribution -- Confidence interval for a mean -- Comparison of two means: confidence intervals, hypothesis tests and P-values -- Using P-values and confidence intervals to interpret the results of statistical analyses -- Comparison of means from several groups: analysis of variance -- Linear regression and correlation -- Multiple regression -- Goodness of fit and regression diagnostics -- Transformations -- Probability, risks and odds (of disease) -- Proportions and the binomial distribution -- Comparing two proportions -- Chi-squared tests for 2 x 2 and larger contingency tables -- Controlling for confounding: stratification -- Logistic regression: comparing two or more exposure groups -- Logistic regression: controlling for confounding and other extensions -- Matched studies -- Longitudinal studies, rates and the Poisson distribution -- Comparing rates -- Poisson regression -- Standardization -- Survival analysis: displaying and comparing survival patterns -- Regressional analysis of survival data -- Likelihood -- Regression modelling -- Relaxing model assumptions -- Analysis of clustered data -- Systematic reviews and meta-analysis -- Bayesian statistics -- Linking analysis to study design: summary of methods -- Calculation of required sample size -- Measurement error: assessment and implications -- Measures of association and impact -- Strategies for analysis -- Appendix: statistical tables.
650 0 _aMedicine
_xResearch
_xStatistical methods.
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650 0 _aMedical statistics.
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650 1 2 _aStatistics.
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650 2 2 _aBiometry.
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700 1 _aSterne, Jonathan A. C.
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700 1 _aKirkwood, Betty R.
_tEssentials of medical statistics.
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