Barton / Peat Medical Statistics

A Guide to SPSS, Data Analysis and Critical Appraisal
2. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-58991-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 408 Seiten, E-Book

Medical Statistics provides the necessarystatistical tools to enable researchers to undertake and understandevidence-based clinical research.
It is a practical guide to conducting statistical research andinterpreting statistics in the context of how the participants wererecruited, how the study was designed, what types of variables wereused, what effect size was found, and what the P valuesmean. It guides researchers through the process of selecting thecorrect statistics and show how to best report results forpresentation and publication.
Clear and concise explanations, combined with plenty of examplesand tabulated explanations are based on the authors' popularmedical statistics courses.
The table of contents is divided into sections according towhether data are continuous or categorical in nature as thisdistinction is fundamental to selecting the correct statistics.Each chapter provides a clear step-by-step guide to eachstatistical test with practical instructions on how to generate andinterpret the numbers, and present the results as scientific tablesor graphs. The chapters conclude with critical appraisal guidelinesto help researchers review the reporting of results from each typeof statistical test.
This new edition includes a new chapter on repeated measures andmixed models and a helpful glossary of terms provides an easyreference that applies to all chapters.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barton, Belinda

Peat, Jennifer