| Phys. Description |
xxxviii, 720 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. |
| Series |
Chapman & Hall/CRC biostatistics series |
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Chapman & Hall/CRC biostatistics series.
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| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Uncertainties in Health and Disease -- Uncertainties in Medical Research -- Uncertainties in Health Planning and Evaluation -- Management of Uncertainties: About This Book -- Basics of Medical Studie -- Study Protocol -- Types of Medical Studies -- Data Collection -- Nonsampling Errors and Other Biases -- Sampling Methods -- Sampling Concepts -- Common Methods of Random Sampling -- Some Other Methods of Sampling -- Designs for Observational Studies -- Some Basic Concepts -- Prospective Studies -- Retrospective Studies -- Cross-Sectional Studies -- Comparative Performance of Prospective, Retrospective, and Cross-Sectional Studies -- Medical Experiments -- Basic Features of Medical Experiments -- Design of Experiments -- Choice of Sampling of Units for Laboratory Experiments -- Clinical Trials -- Therapeutic Trials -- Issues in Clinical Trials -- Trials Other than for Therapeutics -- Numerical Methods for Representing Variation -- Types of Measurement -- Tabular Presentation -- Rates and Ratios -- Central and Other Locations -- Measuring Variability -- Presentation of Variation by Figures: Data Visualization -- Graphs for Frequency Distribution -- Pie, Bar, and Line Diagrams -- Special Diagrams in Health and Medicine -- Charts and Maps -- Some Quantitative Aspects of Medicine -- Some Epidemiological Measures of Health and Disease -- Reference Values -- Measurement of Uncertainty: Probability -- Validity of Medical Tests -- Search for the Best Threshold of a Continuous Test: ROC Curve -- Clinimetrics and Evidence-Based Medicine -- Indicators, Indexes, and Scores -- Clinimetrics -- Evidence-Based Medicine -- Measurement of Community Health -- Measures of Fertility and Medical Demography -- Indicators of Mortality -- Measures of Morbidity -- Indicators of Social and Mental Health -- Composite Indexes of Health -- Confidence Intervals, Principles of Tests of Significance, and Sample Size -- Sampling Distributions -- Confidence Intervals -- P-Values and Statistical Significance -- Assessing Gaussian Pattern -- Initial Debate on Statistical Significance -- Sample Size Determination in Some Cases -- Inference from Proportions -- One Qualitative Variable -- Proportions in 2×2 Tables -- Analysis of R×C Tables (Large n) -- Three-Way Tables -- Relative Risk and Odds Ratio -- Relative and Attributable Risks (Large n) -- Odds Ratio -- Stratified Analysis, Sample Size, and Meta-Analysis -- Inference from Means -- Comparison of Means in One and Two Groups (Gaussian Conditions): Student t-Test -- Comparison of Means in Three or More Groups (Gaussian Conditions): ANOVA F-Test -- Non-Gaussian Conditions: Nonparametric Tests for Location -- When Significant is not Significant -- Relationships: Quantitative Outcome -- Some General Features of a Regression Setup -- Linear Regression Models -- Adequacy of a Regression -- Some Issues in Linear Regression -- Measuring the Strength of Quantitative Relationship -- Assessment of Quantitative Agreement -- Relationships: Qualitative Dependent -- Binary Dependent: Logistic Regression (Large n) -- Inference from Logistic Coefficients -- Issues in Logistic Regression -- Some Models for Qualitative Data and Generalizations -- Strength of Relationship in Qualitative Variables -- Survival Analysis -- Life Expectancy -- Analysis of Survival Data -- Issues in Survival Analysis -- Simultaneous Consideration of Several Variables -- Scope of Multivariate Methods -- Dependent and Independent Sets of Variables -- Identification of Structure in the Observations --Quality Considerations -- Statistical Quality Control in Medical Care -- Quality of Measurement Instruments -- Quality of Statistical Models: Robustness -- Quality of Data -- Statistical Fallacies -- Problems with the Sample -- Inadequate Analysis -- Errors in Presentation of Findings -- Misinterpretation. |
| Subject |
Biostatistics -- methods.
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Biometry -- methods.
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| Other Number |
2017016984 |
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990844663 |
| Alt Author |
Malhotra, Rajeev, author.
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| ISBN |
9781498799539 hardcover alk. paper |
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1498799531 hardcover alk. paper |
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9781498799546 electronic book |
| Marc |
RA407 .I525 2018 |
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