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Medical Statistics
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Description| Publisher | John Wiley & Sons (UK) |
| Author(s) | Belinda Barton / Jennifer Peat |
| Subtitle | A Guide to SPSS, Data Analysis and Critical Appraisal |
| Edition | 2 |
| Published | 26th September 2014 |
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A Guide to SPSS, Data Analysis and Critical Appraisal
Medical Statistics provides the necessary
statistical tools to enable researchers to undertake and understand
evidence-based clinical research.
It is a practical guide to conducting statistical research and
interpreting statistics in the context of how the participants were
recruited, how the study was designed, what types of variables were
used, what effect size was found, and what the P values
mean. It guides researchers through the process of selecting the
correct statistics and show how to best report results for
presentation and publication.
Clear and concise explanations, combined with plenty of examples
and tabulated explanations are based on the authors? popular
medical statistics courses.
The table of contents is divided into sections according to
whether data are continuous or categorical in nature as this
distinction is fundamental to selecting the correct statistics.
Each chapter provides a clear step-by-step guide to each
statistical test with practical instructions on how to generate and
interpret the numbers, and present the results as scientific tables
or graphs. The chapters conclude with critical appraisal guidelines
to help researchers review the reporting of results from each type
of statistical test.
This new edition includes a new chapter on repeated measures and
mixed models and a helpful glossary of terms provides an easy
reference that applies to all chapters.
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