Studying a study & testing a test
Subtitle: How to Read the Medical Literature
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 349
Table of contents: title: Contents
pagenum: v; title: Preface
pagenum: vii; title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: ix; title: Studying a Study
label: 1; label: 1
pagenum: 3
title: Introduction ans Sample Test; label: 2
pagenum: 7
title: Uniform Frameworks; label: 3
pagenum: 15
title: Assignment; label: 4
pagenum: 19
title: Assessment of Outcome; label: 5
pagenum: 25
title: Analysis; label: 6
pagenum: 47
title: Interpretation; label: 7
pagenum: 55
title: Extrapolation; label: 8
pagenum: 65
title: Study Design; label: 9
pagenum: 73
title: Summary: Studying a Study; label: 10
pagenum: 79
title: Flaw-Catching Exercises: Observational Studies; label: 11
pagenum: 93
title: Interventional Studies: Controlled Clinical Trials; label: 12
pagenum: 117
title: Flaw-Catching Exercises: Controlled Clinical Trails; title: Testing a Test
label: 2; label: 13
pagenum: 127
title: Introduction to Testing a Test; label: 14
pagenum: 131
title: Variability of the Test; label: 15
pagenum: 135
title: The Range of Normal; label: 16
pagenum: 147
title: Defining Disease: The Gold Standard; label: 17
pagenum: 151
title: Diagnostic Discrimination of Tests; label: 18
pagenum: 165
title: Summary: Testing a Test; label: 19
pagenum: 175
title: Flaw Catching Exercises: Testing a Test; title: Rating a Rate
label: 3; label: 20
pagenum: 187
title: Introduction to Rates; label: 21
pagenum: 193
title: Sampling of Rates; label: 22
pagenum: 199
title: Standardization of Rates; label: 23
pagenum: 207
title: Sources of Differences in Rates; label: 24
pagenum: 217
title: Summary: Rating a Rate; label: 25
pagenum: 221
title: Flaw-Catching Exercises: Rating a Rate; title: Selection a Statistic
label: 4; label: 26
pagenum: 229
title: Basic Principles; label: 27
pagenum: 245
title: Univariable Analyses; label: 28
pagenum: 263
title: Bivariable Analyses; label: 29
pagenum: 289
title: Multivariable Analyses; label: 30
pagenum: 315
title: Flowchart Summary; title: Glossary
pagenum: 327; title: Index
pagenum: 339