Medical statistics made easy 4 / Michael Harris and Gordon Taylor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed October 28, 2020).

Cover -- IFC Pages -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- About the authors -- 1 How to use this book -- 2 How this book is designed -- 3 Percentages -- 4 Mean -- 5 Median -- 6 Mode -- 7 Standard deviation -- 8 Confidence intervals -- 9 P values -- 10 t tests and other parametric tests -- 11 Mann-Whitney and other non-parametric tests -- 12 Chi-squared test -- 13 Risk ratio -- 14 Odds ratio -- 15 Risk reduction and number needed to treat -- 16 Correlation -- 17 Regression -- 18 Survival analysis: life tables and Kaplan-Meier plots -- 19 The Cox regression model -- 20 Sensitivity, specificity and predictive value -- 21 Level of agreement -- 22 Other concepts -- 23 Introduction -- 24 Means, standard deviations, medians and odds ratios -- 25 Confidence intervals and number needed to treat -- 26 Correlation and regression -- 27 Survival analysis -- 28 Sensitivity, specificity and predictive values -- 29 Choosing the right statistical test -- Glossary -- Index.

"A book of key statistics principles for anyone studying or working in medicine and healthcare who needs a basic overview of the subject. It is ideal for non-statisticians who need to understand how statistics are used and applied in medicine and medical research. Using a consistent format, the authors describe the most common statistical methods in turn and then rate them on how difficult they are to understand and how common they are. The worked examples that demonstrate the statistical method in action have been updated to include current articles from the medical literature and now feature a wider range of medical journals. This fourth edition continues with the same structure as the previous editions, with new sections on cut-off points and ROC curves, as well as a new chapter on choosing the right statistical test. It also features a completely revised and updated 'Statistics at work' section." --From publisher.

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