Statistical Evidence in Medical Trials

What do the data really tell us?
Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-19-856761-5
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 340 g

Statistical Evidence in Medical Trials is a lucid, well-written and entertaining text that addresses common pitfalls in evaluating medical research. Including extensive use of publications from the medical literature and a non-technical account of how to appraise the quality of evidence presented in these publications, this book is ideal for health care professionals, students in medical or nursing schools, researchers and students in statistics, and anyone needing to assess the evidence published in medical journals.

Stephen D. Simon earned a Ph.D. in statistics from the University of Iowa in 1982. He currently works as a research biostatistician at Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics in Kansas City, MO. He has authored or co-authored over 60 publications in a variety of medical and statistical journals, four of which have won awards. He has given a wide range of lectures and classes on statistics, evidence based medicine, research ethics, and quality control.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Simon, Stephen D.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Mathematik & Informatik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Populärwissenschaftliche Werke
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Biomedizin, Medizinische Forschung, Klinische Studien
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Präventivmedizin, Gesundheitsförderung, Medizinisches Screening
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Datenanalyse, Datenverarbeitung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Preface

- Overview

- 1: Apples or Oranges?: Selection of the control group.

- 2: Who was Left Out?: Exclusions, refusals, and drop-outs

- 3: Mountain or Molehill?: The clinical importance of the results

- 4: What do the Other Witnesses Say?: Corroborating Evidence

- 5: Do the Pieces Fit Together?: Systematic overviews and meta-analysis

- 6: What do All these Numbers Mean?

- 7: Where is the Evidence?: Searching for information

Über Autor(innen)

Steve Simon earned a Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Iowa in 1982. He has authored or co-authored over 60 publications in a variety of medical and statistical journals, four of which have won awards, and he currently works as a research biostatistician at Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics in Kansas City, MO.