Petrie, Aviva. <br/><br/>
Medical statistics at a glance  [[Book] /] 
Aviva Petrie, Caroline Sabin. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - Malden, Mass. :  Blackwell,  2005. 
 - 157 p. :  ill. ;  28 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Types of data -- Data entry -- Error checking and outliers -- Displaying data graphically -- Describing data I: the "average" -- Describing data II: the "spread" -- Theoretical distributions I: the normal distribution -- Theoretical distributions II: other distributions -- Transformations -- Sampling and sampling distributions -- Confidence intervals -- Study design I -- Study design II -- Clinical trials -- Cohort studies -- Case-control studies -- Hypothesis testing -- Errors in hypothesis testing -- A single group -- Two related groups -- Two unrelated groups -- More than two groups -- A single proportion -- Two proportions -- More than two categories -- Correlation -- The theory of linear regression -- Performing a linear regression analysis -- Multiple linear regression analysis -- Binary outcomes and logistic regression -- Rates and Poisson regression -- Generalized linear models -- Explanatory variables in statistical models -- Issues in statistical modelling -- Checking assumptions -- Sample size calculations -- Presenting results -- Diagnostic tools -- Assessing agreement -- Evidence-based medicine -- Methods for clustered data -- Regression methods clustered data -- Systematic reviews and meta-analysis -- Survival analysis -- Bayesian methods. 
<br/><br/> All Ages. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781405127806 1405127805 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004026022 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Medical statistics.<br/>Statistics.<br/>Research Design.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>R853.S7  / P476 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>610.727 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>WA 950  / P495m 2005