Statistics at Square One (11th edition)

Swinscow - Statistics at square one
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Authors/editors: MJ Campbell and TDV Swinscow
ISBN: 978-1-4051-9100-5
Page count: 188
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Publication year: 2009

The new edition of this international bestseller continues to throw light on the world of statistics for health care professionals and medical students.

Revised throughout, the 11th edition features new material in the areas of

  • relative risk, absolute risk and numbers needed to treat
  • diagnostic tests, sensitivity, specificity, ROC curves
  • free statistical software

The popular self-testing exercises at the end of every chapter are strengthened by the addition of new sections on reading and reporting statistics and formula appreciation.

Table of contents:
  1. Data display and summary
  2. Summary statistics for quantitative data
  3. Summary statistics for binary data
  4. Populations and samples
  5. Statements of probability and confidence intervals
  6. P-values, power, type I and type II errors
  7. The t results
  8. The chi-squared tests
  9. Diagnostic tests
  10. Rank score tests
  11. Correlation and regression
  12. Survival analysis
  13. Study design and choosing a statistical test
  14. Use of computer software

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