Basic & Clinical Biostatistics: Fifth Edition https://www.mheducation.com/cover-images/Jpeg_400-high/126045536X.jpeg 5 9781260455366 Learn to evaluate and apply statistics in medicine, medical research, and all health-related fields A Doody's Core Title for 2021! Basic & Clinical Biostatistics provides medical students, researchers, and practitioners with the knowledge needed to develop sound judgment about data applicable to clinical care. This fifth edition has been updated throughout to deliver a comprehensive, timely introduction to biostatistics and epidemiology as applied to medicine, clinical practice, and research. Particular emphasis is on study design and interpretation of results of research. The book features “Presenting Problems” drawn from studies published in the medical literature, end-of-chapter exercises, and a reorganization of content to reflect the way investigators ask research questions. To facilitate learning, each chapter contain a set of key concepts underscoring the important ideas discussed. Features: Key components include a chapter on survey research and expanded discussion of logistic regression, the Cox model, and other multivariate statistical methods Extensive examples illustrate statistical methods and design issues Updated examples using R, an open source statistical software package Expanded coverage of data visualization, including content on visual perception and discussion of tools such as Tableau, Qlik and MS Power BI Sampling and power calculations imbedded with discussion of the statistical model Updated content, examples, and data sets throughout
Basic & Clinical Biostatistics: Fifth Edition

Basic & Clinical Biostatistics: Fifth Edition

5th Edition
By Susan White
ISBN10: 126045536X
ISBN13: 9781260455366
Copyright: 2020
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Chapter 1. Introduction to Medical Research

Chapter 2. Study Designs in Medical Research

Chapter 3. Summarizing Data & PresentingData in Tables & Graphs

Chapter 4. Probability & Related Topicsfor Making Inferences About Data

Chapter 5. Research Questions About One Group

Chapter 6. Research Questions About TwoSeparate or Independent Groups

Chapter 7. Research Questions About Means inThree or More Groups

Chapter 8. Research Questions AboutRelationships among Variables

Chapter 9. Analyzing Research Questions AboutSurvival

Chapter 10. Statistical Methods for MultipleVariables

Chapter 11. Survey Research

Chapter 12. Methods of Evidence-Based Medicineand Decision Analysis

Chapter 13. Reading the Medical Literature

Appendix A: Tables

Appendix B: Answers to Exercises

Appendix C: Flowcharts for Relating ResearchQuestions to Statistical Methods

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Susan White