Medical Statistics from Scratch: An Introduction for Health Professionals, 3rd Edition

Medical Statistics from Scratch An Introduction for Health Professionals, 3rd Edition

by David Bowers (Editor)

Correctly understanding and using medical statistics is a key skill for all medical students and health professionals.

In an informal and friendly style, Medical Statistics from Scratch provides a practical foundation for everyone whose first interest is probably not medical statistics. Keeping the level of mathematics to a minimum, it clearly illustrates statistical concepts and practice with numerous real world examples and cases drawn from current medical literature.

This fully revised and updated third edition includes new material on:

• missing data, random allocation and concealment of data
• intra-class correlation coefficient
• effect modification and interaction
• diagnostic testing and the ROC curve
• standardisation

Medical Statistics from Scratch is an ideal learning partner for all medical students and health professionals needing an accessible introduction, or a friendly refresher, to the fundamentals of medical statistics.

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