Medical Statistics from Scratch: An Introduction for Health Professionals (Bowers, Medical Statistics from Scratch

Author: David Bowers
Edition: 2
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0470513012

Medical Statistics from Scratch: An Introduction for Health Professionals (Bowers, Medical Statistics from Scratch: An Introduction for)

This long awaited second edition of this bestseller continues to provide a comprehensive, user friendly, down-to-earth guide to elementary statistics. Medical books Medical Statistics from Scratch: An Introduction for Health Professionals (Bowers, Medical Statistics from Scratch. The book presents a detailed account of the most important procedures for the analysis of data, from the calculation of simple proportions, to a variety of statistical tests, and the use of regression models for modeling of clinical outcomes.

The level of mathematics is kept to a minimum to make the material easily accessible to the novice, and a multitude of illustrative cases are included in every chapter, drawn from the current research literature. The new edition has been completely revised and updated and includes new chapters on basic quantitative methods, measuring survival, measurement scales, diagnostic testing, bayesian methods, meta-analysis and systematic reviews.

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The second edition of this highly successful, user-friendly book, continues to provide an excellent foundation in statistics for the uninitiated, making it ideal for both students and professionals in health care and medicine who may be either approaching the subject for the first time, or who want to refresh their understanding of any one of a number of statistical concepts and applications. As with the first edition, the informal and light-hearted style, and the author's avoidance of too much mathematics, makes the material very accessible. The addition of two new chapters, one on survival a

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Medical Book Medical Statistics from Scratch: An Introduction for Health Professionals (Bowers, Medical Statistics from Scratch

The book presents a detailed account of the most important procedures for the analysis of data, from the calculation of simple proportions, to a variety of statistical tests, and the use of regression models for modeling of clinical outcomes.

The level of mathematics is kept to a minimum to make the material easily accessible to the novice, and a multitude of illustrative cases are included in every chapter, drawn from the current research literature. The new edition has been completely revised and updated and includes new chapters on basic quantitative methods, measuring survival, measurement scales, diagnostic testing, bayesian methods, meta-analysis and systematic reviews.

"... After years of trying and failing, this is the only book on statistics that i have managed to read and understand" - Naveed Kirmani, Surgical Registrar, South London Healthcare HHS Trust, UK