The Encyclopaedic Companion to Medical Statistics - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 034080999X ISBN 13: 9780340809990

Casa editrice: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2006

Riassunto

During the last twenty years statistical methodology has become of central importance in research studies in medicine and also in day-to-day clinical practice. The medical literature is now liberally punctuated not only with relatively routine statistical terms such as p-value, t-test, confidence interval, and correlation, but also with more esoteric items such as hazard function, multilevel model, generalized estimating equations and crossover design. Consequently researchers in medicine and clinicians who are not primarily statisticians need to have a source that provides readable accounts of these terms so that they can understand at least the essence of the statistical aspects of both the design and analysis of a reported investigation. The Encyclopedic Companion to Medical Statistics is that source, containing readable accounts of over 500 statistical topics central to current medical research, with each entry being written by an expert in the field. Examples and graphical material supplement the written material in many entries, and extensive cross-referencing sign posts the reader to other entries that are likely to be relevant.

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L'autore:

Brian Everitt is Professor at the Department of Biostatistics, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London.

Dalla quarta di copertina:

In recent years the central importance of appropriate statistical methodology has been increasingly recognised in research studies in medicine and also in day-to-day clinical practice.

Medical literature is now liberally punctuated not only with relatively routine statistical terms such as 'p-value', 't-test' and 'confidence interval', but also with more esoteric items such as 'hazard function, 'multilevel model' and 'generalised estimating equations'. Consequently, researchers in medicine and clinicians who are not primarily Statisticians need to have a source that provides readable accounts of these terms so that they can better understand Statistical aspects of both the design and analysis of a reported investigation.

The Encyclopaedic Companion to Medical Statistics aims to be that source, containing readable accounts of almost 400 statistical topics central to current medical research. Each entry has been written by an individual chose for both their expertise in the field and their ability to communicate Statistical concepts successfully to medical researchers. real examples from the biomedical literature and relevant illustrations feature in many entries, and extensive cross-referencing signposts the reader to related entries.

"If this magnificent encyclopaedia can be deployed in the ongoing argument about the future of twenty-first century academic medicine, then not only the research enterprise but also the public's health and well-being will be far stronger tomorrow than it is today." - Richard Horton, Editor, The Lancet

Su questa edizione

• Editore: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 034080999X
• ISBN 13: 9780340809990
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 372
• Redattore: Everitt Brian S., Palmer Christopher R.