Starting out in statistics : an introduction for students of human health, disease, and psychology /
De Winter, Patricia,1968-author.
Cahusac, Peter,1957-author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: Introduction Basic Maths for Stats Revision Statistical Software Packages Chapter One. Introducing Variables, Populations and Samples -- "Variability is the Law of Life" Chapter Two. Study Design and Sampling -- "Design is Everything. Everything!" Chapter Three. Probability -- "Probability ... so true in general" Chapter Four. Summarising Data -- "Transforming Data into Information" Chapter Five. Statistical Power -- " ... Find Out the Cause of This Effect" Chapter Six. Comparing Groups using t-Tests and ANOVA -- "To Compare is not to Prove" Chapter Seven. Relationships between Variables: Regression and Correlation -- "In Relationships ... Concentrate Only on What is Most Significant and Important" Chapter Eight. Analysis of Categorical Data -- "If the shoe fits ..." Chapter Nine. Non-Parametric Tests -- "An alternative to other alternatives" Chapter Ten. Resampling Statistics Comes of Age -- "There's Always a Third Way" Appendix A Appendix B Index.
Medical statistics