A handbook of applied statistics in pharmacology
By: Katsumi Kobayashi, K. Sadasivan Pillai
Contributors: Pillai, K. Sadasivan
Publisher: CRC Press/Taylor Francis Group; Science Publishers; CRC Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Boca Raton, FL; Enfield, N.H
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9781578087525
Subjects: Statistics as Topic; Methods; Clinical Pharmacology
Description: Statistics plays an important role in pharmacology and related subjects such as toxicology and drug discovery and development. Improper statistical tool selection to analyze the data obtained from studies conducted in these subjects may result in wrongful interpretation of the performance- or safety- of drugs. This book has communicates statistical tools in simple language. The examples used in the book are similar to those that the scientists encounter regularly in their research area. The authors have provided cognitive clues for selection of an appropriate statistical tool to analyse the data obtained from the studies and how to interpret the result of the statistical analysis.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Probability; title: Distribution; title: Mean, mode, median; title: Variance, standard deviation, standard error, coefficient of variation; title: Analysis of normality and homogeneity of variance; title: Transformation of data and outliers; title: Tests for significant differences; title: T-tests; title: Correlation analysis; title: Regression analysis; title: Multivariate analysis; title: Non-parametric tests; title: Cluster analysis; title: Trend tests; title: Survival analysis; title: Dose response relationships; title: Analysis of pathology data; title: Designing an animal experiment in pharmacology and toxicology : randomization, determining sample size; title: How to select an appropriate statistical tool?