Practical biostatistics : a user-friendly approach for evidence-based medicine
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam Boston :
Elsevier/Academic Press ,
2012
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Study type determination
- 2. Determination of association strength between an exposure factor and an event in observational studies
- 3. Increasing accuracy in observational studies
- 4. Investigator's hypothesis and expression of its corresponding outcome
- 5. n estimation and n assessment of a published trial
- 6. Organization of variables and endpoints
- 7. Measures for results expression of a clinical trial
- 8. Determination of normality or non-normality of data distribution
- 9. Hypothesis testing
- 10. Correlating sample data with the general population - 95% confidence interval
- 11. Individual and collective benefit and risk indexes inferable from intervention studies
- 12. statistical assessment of diagnostic tests for the clinic
- 13. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses
- 14. Correlation and regression
- 15. Per protocol analysis and intention to treat analysis