Essential Statistics for Medical Practice
Subtitle: A Case Study
Publisher: Chapman & Hall/CRC; Chapman and Hall/CRC
Published: August 1, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780412599309
Subjects: Epidemiology & medical statistics; Medical research; Health Care Delivery; Probability & Statistics - General; Reference; Biostatistics; Medical / Nursing; Health/Fitness
First sentence: In April 1855 I [FN] undertook this Hospital, and from that time to this (November 1855) we cooked all the Extra Diet for 500 to 600 patients, and the Whole Diet for all the wounded officers by ourselves in a shed.
Description: A firm understanding of the basic statistical methods used in current medical literature is now essential for medical practice as research papers have become increasingly statistical in nature. This book has a unique case-study approach starting with six actual research papers showing which statistical methods were used and how the results were obtained. It will enable the medical professional to understand the methods in an easy and accessible way. Essential Statistics for Medical Practice focuses on the most useful and commonly practised techniques and will therefore enable the reader to use the medical literature more knowledgeably and critically.