Basic Skills In Statistics: 8 - Softcover

Cook, Adrian; Netuveli, Gopalakrishnan; Sheikh, Aziz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1859591019 ISBN 13: 9781859591017

Publisher: Class Health, 2003

Synopsis

Statistics can be an intimidating subject for many students and clinicians.

This concise text introduces the basic concepts that underpin medical statistics, and using everyday clinical examples, highlights the importance of statistical principles to understanding and implementing research findings in routine clinical care.

This book will be an essential tool for students, clinicians in training, nurses and GPs.

Table of Contents:

Part 1 Introduction

Part 2 Laying the foundations: measure and probability

Part 3 Description of a single variable

Part 4 Linking two variables

Part 5 Statistical inference

Part 6 Study design

Part 7 Combining studies: systematic reviews and meta-analyses

Part 8 Managing data

About this title

About the Author

Adrian Cook, BSc, MSc is a Senior Statistician at the Commission for Health Improvement. Dr Gopalakrishnan Netuveli, BSc, BDS, MDS, PhD is a Post Doctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice, Imperial College, London. Professor Aziz Sheikh, BSc, MSc, MBBS, MD, MRCP, MRCGP, DCH, DRCOG, DFFP is Professor of Primary Care Research and Development in the Division of Community Health Sciences at the University of Edinburgh.

Edition details

• Publisher: Class Health
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1859591019
• ISBN 13: 9781859591017
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 102