| Principles of Medical Statistics Contributor(s): Feinstein, Alvan R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1584882166 ISBN-13: 9781584882169 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $190.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2001 Annotation: The first book on the market to encourage readers to think about data and statistical procedures, rather than just learn "cook book" recipes. During the course of a career clinicians and biomedical researchers are constantly confronted with statistical reports, which require them to make a decision that may affect patient care or the investigation/appraisal of data. The author of this volume provides the reader with the awareness, that they have a substantial education in biomedical phenomena, which will help them obtain, organize, and evaluate statistical data so they can make more intelligent informed decisions. Designed for use as a textbook and reference, the author of the book provides a very thorough up to date treatment of the topic as opposed to the usual superficial coverage found in many other books on this subject. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Biostatistics - Medical | Research - Medical | Public Health |
| Dewey: 610.727 |
| LCCN: 2001001794 |
| Physical Information: 1.8" H x 7.33" W x 10.24" (3.22 lbs) 712 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The get-it-over-with-quickly approach to statistics has been encouraged - and often necessitated - by the short time allotted to it in most curriculums. If included at all, statistics is presented briefly, as a task to be endured mainly because pertinent questions may appear in subsequent examinations for licensure or other certifications. However, in later professional activities, clinicians and biomedical researchers will constantly be confronted with reports containing statistical expressions and analyses. Not just a set of cookbook recipes, Principles of Medical Statistics is designed to get you thinking about data and statistical procedures. It covers many new statistical methods and approaches like box plots, stem and leaf plots, concepts of stability, the bootstrap, and the jackknife methods of resampling. The book is arranged in a logical sequence that advances from simple to more elaborate results. The text describes all the conventional statistical procedures, and offers reasonably rigorous accounts of many of their mathematical justifications. Although the conventional mathematical principles are given a respectful account, the book provides a distinctly clinical orientation with examples and teaching exercises drawn from real world medical phenomena. Statistical procedures are an integral part of the basic background needed by biomedical researchers, students, and clinicians. Containing much more than most elementary texts, Principles of Medical Statistics fills the gap often found in the current curriculum. It repairs the imbalance that gives so little attention to the role of statistics as a prime component of basic biomedical education. |