Medical Statistics at a Glance - Softcover

Petrie, Aviva; Sabin, Caroline

Softcover

ISBN 10: 140518051X ISBN 13: 9781405180511

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 2009

Synopsis

Medical Statistics at a Glance is a concise and accessible introduction and revision aid for this complex subject. The self-contained chapters explain the underlying concepts of medical statistics and provide a guide to the most commonly used statistical procedures. This new edition of Medical Statistics at a Glance : Presents key facts accompanied by clear and informative tables and diagrams Focuses on illustrative examples which show statistics in action, with an emphasis on the interpretation of computer data analysis rather than complex hand calculations Includes extensive cross-referencing, a comprehensive glossary of terms and flow-charts to make it easier to choose appropriate tests Now provides the learning objectives for each chapter Includes a new chapter on Developing Prognostic Scores Includes new or expanded material on study management, multi-centre studies, sequential trials, bias and different methods to remove confounding in observational studies, multiple comparisons, ROC curves and checking assumptions in a logistic regression analysis The companion website at www.medstatsaag.com contains supplementary material including an extensive reference list and multiple choice questions (MCQs) with interactive answers for self-assessment. Medical Statistics at a Glance will appeal to all medical students, junior doctors and researchers in biomedical and pharmaceutical disciplines. Reviews of the previous editions "The more familiar I have become with this book, the more I appreciate the clear presentation and unthreatening prose. It is now a valuable companion to my formal statistics course." -International Journal of Epidemiology "I heartily recommend it, especially to first years, but it's equally appropriate for an intercalated BSc or Postgraduate research. If statistics give you headaches - buy it. If statistics are all you think about - buy it." -GKT Gazette "...I unreservedly recommend this book to all medical students, especially those that dislike reading reams of text. This is one book that will not sit on your shelf collecting dust once you have graduated and will also function as a reference book." -4th Year Medical Student, Barts and the London Chronicle , Spring 2003

About this title

Review:

"The book will appeal to all medical students, junior doctors and researchers in biomedical and pharmaceutical disciplines." (Zentralblatt MATH)

"Overall, Medical Statistics at a Glance is very useful to students who are aiming to learn basic medical statistics concepts. Clinicians and statistics students can keep a copy of this book as a quick initial reference. This book is highly recommended as an excellent Medical Statistics guide." (Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics)

Great book. Very clear examples and well written. Lots of practical information to allow students to use medical statistics. (Anthony Murray, Faculty of Health & Science, University of Cumbria)

From the Back Cover:

Medical Statistics at a Glance provides a concise and accessible introduction to and revision aid for this complex subject. Following the familiar easy–to–use at a Glance format, it leads the reader through a number of self–contained chapters which explain the underlying concepts of medical statistics and provide a guide to the most commonly used statistical procedures.

This new edition of Medical Statistics at a Glance:

• contains a second colour throughout to enhance the visual appeal
  
• presents the key facts accompanied, where appropriate, by clear and informative tables and diagrams
  
• features worked examples in each chapter, with emphasis on the interpretation of computer data analysis rather than on complex hand calculations
  
• includes new chapters entitled Rates and Poisson regression, Generalized linear models, Explanatory variables in statistical models and Regression models for clustered data
  
• has an accompanying website http://www.medstatsaag.com/ containing supplementary material including an extensive reference list and multiple choice questions (MCQs) with interactive answers for self–assessment.

Medical Statistics at a Glance will appeal to all medical students, junior doctors and researchers in biomedical and pharmaceutical disciplines.

Reviews of the last edition

‘All in all, this is a book that I would highly recommend to the target audience. Concise, accurate, broad coverage, in an easy–to–use format… buy this and you will have the best set of lecture notes in the class!’
The Statistician, 2001

‘The more familiar I have become with this book, the more I appreciate the clear presentation and unthreatening prose.’
Journal of Epidemiology

‘...I unreservedly recommend this book to all medical students, especially those that dislike reading reams of text. This is one book that will not sit on your shelf collecting dust once you have graduated and will also function as a reference book.’
4th year medical student, Barts and the London Chronicle, Spring 2003

“an excellent job of making medical statistics as relevant and painless as it possibly could be…if statistics give you headaches buy it”
GKT Gazette

“It is now a valuable companion to my statistics course”
International Journal of Epidemiology

“As one who generally has not got a clue whenit comes to statistics, this is a book I would definitely recommend”
Surgo: Glasgow University Medical Journal

“This book…was actually enjoyable to read”
Cambridge Medicine

“Nothing is too obscure, there are lots of worked examples, and clear diagrams. Go Buy!”
Sphincter – Liverpool Medical Students Society Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 140518051X
• ISBN 13: 9781405180511
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 180