Aviva Petrie, Caroline Sabin

Medical Statistics at a Glance Workbook (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This comprehensive workbook contains a variety of self-assessment methods that allow readers to test their statistical knowledge, put it into practice, and apply it in a medical context, while also providing guidance when critically appraising published literature. It is designed to support the best-selling third edition of Medical Statistics at a Glance, to which it is fully cross-referenced, but may be used independently of it. Ideal for medical students, junior doctors, researchers and anyone working in the biomedical and pharmaceutical disciplines who wants to feel more confident in basic medical statistics, the title includes: * Over 80 MCQs, each testing knowledge of a single statistical concept or aspect of study interpretation * 29 structured questions to explore in greater depth several statistical techniques or principles, including the choice of appropriate statistical analyses and the interpretation of study findings * Templates for the appraisal of clinical trials and observational studies, plus full appraisals of two published papers to demonstrate the use of these templates in practice * Detailed step-by-step analyses of two substantial data sets (also available at www.medstatsaag.com) to demonstrate the application of statistical procedures to real-life research Medical Statistics at a Glance Workbook is the ideal resource to test statistical knowledge and improve analytical and interpretational skills. Additional resources are available at www.medstatsaag.com, including: * Excel datasets to accompany the data analysis section * Downloadable PDFs of two templates for critical appraisal * Links to online further reading * Supplementary MCQs

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 120
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118608487
• Artikelnr.: 38246787

Autorenporträt

Aviva Petrie is Head of Biostatistics Unit and Senior Lecturer, Eastman Dental Institute, University College London; Honorary Lecturer in Medical Statistics, Medical Statistics Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Caroline Sabin is Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, Research Department of Infection and Population Health, Division of Population Health, University College London, Royal Free Campus

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 6
Part 1: Multiple-choice questions 8
Handling data 8
Sampling and estimation 10
Study design 11
Hypothesis testing 13
Basic techniques for analysing data 13
Additional techniques 20
Part 2: Structured questions 24
Part 3: Critical appraisal 44
Randomised controlled trial: template 44
Randomised controlled trial: Paper 1 46
Observational study: template 51
Observational study: Paper 2 53
Part 4: Data analysis 61
Dataset 1 analysed by Stata v11 (StataCorp LP, Texas, USA) 61
Dataset 2 analysed using IBM SPSS Statistics v20 70
Part 5: Solutions 76
Solutions to multiple-choice questions 76
Model answers for structured questions 93
Randomised controlled trial: critical appraisal of Paper 1 109
Observational study: critical appraisal of Paper 2 113
Appendices 117
Appendix I: list of multiple-choice questions with relevant chapter numbers
from Medical Statistics at a Glance (3rd edn) and associated topics 117
Appendix II: list of structured questions with relevant chapter numbers
from Medical Statistics at a Glance (3rd edn) and associated topics 119
Appendix III: chapter numbers from Medical Statistics at a Glance (3rd edn)
with relevant multiple-choice questions and structured questions 120