Abhaya Indrayan, Rajeev Kumar Malhotra

Medical Biostatistics (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Encyclopedic in breadth, yet practical and concise, Medical Biostatistics, Fourth Edition focuses on the statistical aspects ofmedicine with a medical perspective, showing the utility of biostatistics as a tool to manage many medical uncertainties. This edition includes more topics in order to fill gaps in the previous edition.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 1032
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. November 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351585552
• Artikelnr.: 54115839

Autorenporträt

Dr Abhaya Indrayan is author of Medical Biostatistics (3rd ed. CRC Press) and former Professor and Chair of the Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics at Delhi University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi. He has frequently provided biostatistical consultation to the World Health Organization, the World Bank and UNAIDS. Dr Indrayan has delivered the inaugural address at Biostatistics Workshop at Institute of Cytology and Preventive Oncology, NOIDA, been a Guest of Honor at Workshop on Designs and Sample Size at Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Chandigarh. and presented papers in more than 20 international conferences.

Inhaltsangabe

Medical Uncertainties. Uncertainties in Health and Disease. Uncertainties
in Medical Research. Uncertainties in Health Planning and Evaluation.
Management of Uncertainties: About This Book. References. Exercises.
Basics of Medical Studies. Study Protocol. Types of Medical Studies. Data
Collection. Nonsampling Errors and Other Biases. References. Exercises.
Sampling Methods. Sampling Concepts. Common Methods of Random Sampling.
Some Other Methods of Sampling. References. Exercises. Designs for
Observational Studies. Some Basic Concepts. Prospective Studies.
Retrospective Studies. Cross-Sectional Studies. Comparative Performance of
Prospective, Retrospective, and Cross-Sectional Studies. References.
Exercises. Medical Experiments. Basic Features of Medical Experiments.
Design of Experiments. Choice of Sampling of Units for Laboratory
Experiments. References. Exercises. Clinical Trials. Therapeutic Trials.
Issues in Clinical Trials. Trials Other than for Therapeutics. References.
Exercises. Numerical Methods for Representing Variation. Types of
Measurement. Tabular Presentation. Rates and Ratios. Central and Other
Locations. Measuring Variability. References. Exercises. 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. References. Exercises. 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. References. Exercises. Clinimetrics and Evidence-Based Medicine.
Indicators, Indexes, and Scores. Clinimetrics. Evidence-Based Medicine.
References. Exercises. 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. References. Exercises. 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. References. Exercises. Inference from
Proportions. One Qualitative Variable. Proportions in × Tables. Analysis of
R×C Tables (Large n). Three-Way Tables. References. Exercises. Relative
Risk and Odds Ratio. Relative and Attributable Risks (Large n). Odds Ratio.
Stratified Analysis, Sample Size, and Meta-Analysis. References. Exercises.
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. NonGaussian Conditions: Nonparametric
Tests for Location. When Significant is not Significant. References.
Exercises. 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. References. Exercises.
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. References. Exercises. Survival
Analysis. Life Expectancy. Analysis of Survival Data. Issues in Survival
Analysis. References. Exercises. Simultaneous Consideration of Several
Variables. Scope of Multivariate Methods. Dependent and Independent Sets of
Variables. Identification of Structure in the Observations. References.
Exercises.Quality Considerations. Statistical Quality Control in Medical
Care. Quality of Measurement Instruments. Quality of Statistical Models:
Robustness. Quality of Data. References. Exercises. Statistical Fallacies.
Problems with the Sample. Inadequate Analysis. Errors in Presentation of
Findings. Misinterpretation. Brief Solution and Answer to the Selected
Exercises. Appendix A. Statistical Softwares. Appendix B. Some Statistical
Tables. Appendix C. Solution Illustrations Using R. Index