Statistics at Square One

Swinscow T.D.V., Campbell M.J.0-7279-1552-5

This is one of the bestselling introductions to medical statistics of all time. The tenth edition has been revised throughout, especially in the areas of binary data to deal with relative risk., absolute risk and the evidence-based criteria of numbers need to treat. Each chapter now has a section on reading and reporting statistics, and self testing at the end of each setion makes this an ideal learning tool.

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Table of contents :
6 Confidence intervals for summary
statistics of binary data 52……Page 6
Preface……Page 8
1 Data display and summary 1……Page 10
2 Summary statistics for quantitative and binary data 12……Page 21
3 Populations and samples 29……Page 38
4 Statements of probability and
confidence intervals 39……Page 48
5 Differences between means: type I and
type II errors and power 44……Page 53
7 The t tests 62……Page 71
8 The χ2 tests 78……Page 87
9 Exact probability test 95……Page 104
10 Rank score tests 102……Page 111
11 Correlation and regression 111……Page 120
12 Survival analysis 126……Page 135
13 Study design and choosing a statistical test 135……Page 144
Answers to exercises 145……Page 154
Appendix 147……Page 156
Index 153……Page 162
Made by Huangzhiman……Page 2
For www.dnathink.org……Page 0