Statistical Evidence in Medical Trials: Mountain or Molehill, What Do the Data Really Tell Us? - Softcover

Simon, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198567618 ISBN 13: 9780198567615

Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 2006

Synopsis

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.

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Review:

Clearly this book is not 'just another statistics book.' Rather, it borders on the side of being revolutional - a statistics book without numbers! While this might be considered near sacrilege in the world of pure statistics, for the purposes of inciting balanced, practical, evidence-based clinical decision-making, it is nearly a 5-star resource. The tasteful humour injected throughout the text is just the perfect spoonful of sugar to make the medicine go down. (Evidence-Based Medicine)

A refreshing change from other texts where the discussion of the satistical analyses stops at the p-value. A useful addition to their library and i will certainly recommend it nest time I'm asked'what does it all mean?' (caroline Sablin, HIV Clinical Trials Journal)

This book provides an excellent way into assessment of the medical literature and covers the topics that should be covered ... eminently readable. (Short Book Reviews, International Statistical Institute)

About the Author:

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, Missouri.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0198567618
• ISBN 13: 9780198567615
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216