Peat / Barton / Elliott Statistics Workbook for Evidence-based Health Care

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-0050-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten, E-Book

This concise, easy to understand and learner-friendly book invitesthe readers to actively particpate in the understanding of medicalstatistical concepts that are frequently used in health careresearch and evidence-based practice worldwide.
Knowing that the best way to learn statistical concepts is touse them, the authors employ real examples and articles from healthscience literature, complete with the complexities that real lifepresents, in an approach that will help bring researchers andclinicians one step closer towards being statistical savvy andbetter able to critically read research literature and interpretthe results.
* A practical hands-on workbook for individual or groupexercises
* Teaches how to understand statistical methods when readingjournals, and how to use them in clinical research
* Emphasizes the use of statistics in evidence-basedresearch
Relevant for anyone needing to use statistics, this workbook isan ideal resource for all health care professionals and students,especially those learning and practising evidence-basedmedicine.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Peat, Jennifer

Barton, Belinda

Elliott, Elizabeth

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents.
Foreword.
By Virginia A. Moyer.
Introduction.
Overview.
UNIT 1 Hypothesis testing and estimation.
UNIT 2 Incidence and prevalence rates.
UNIT 3 Comparing proportions.
UNIT 4 Relative risk and odds ratio.
UNIT 5 Clinical trials.
UNIT 6 Comparing mean values.
UNIT 7 Correlation and regression.
UNIT 8 Follow-up studies.
UNIT 9 Survival analyses.
UNIT 10 Diagnostic and screening statistics.
Answers.
Glossary.
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jennifer Peat is Associate Professor in the Department ofPaediatrics and Child Health and Senior Hospital Statistician,Clinical Epidemiology Unit at the Children's Hospital at Westmead,NSW Australia
Belinda Barton also from the Children's Hospital atWestmead is Head of the Education Research Institute andPsychologist in the Neurogenetics Research Unit
Professor Elizabeth Elliott, Discipline of Paediatricsand Child Health, University of Sydney, The Children'sHospital at Westmead
OR
Jennifer Peat, Belinda Barton, ProfessorElizabeth Elliott,
All of the Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW Australia