Essentials of Medical Statistics

图书标准信息

• 作者 Betty、Jonathan Sterne 著
• 出版社 Wiley-Blackwell
• 出版时间 2001-04
• 版次 2
• ISBN 9780865428713
• 定价 569.20元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 288页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

BlackwellPublishingisdelightedtoannouncethatthisbookhasbeenHighlyCommendedinthe2004BMAMedicalBookCompetition.Hereisthejudges'summaryofthisbook:"Thisisatechnicalbookonatechnicalsubjectbutpresentedinadelightfulway.Therearemanybooksonstatisticsfordoctorsbuttherearefewthatareexcellentandthisiscertainlyoneofthem.Statisticsisnotaneasysubjecttoteachorwriteabout.Theauthorshavesucceededinproducingabookthatisasgoodasitcanget.Forthekeenstudentwhodoesnotwantabookformathematicians,thisisanexcellentfirstbookonmedicalstatistics."EssentialMedicalStatisticsisaclassicamongstmedicalstatisticians.Anintroductorytextbook,itpresentsstatisticswithaclarityandlogicthatdemystifiesthesubject,whileprovidingacomprehensivecoverageofadvancedaswellasbasicmethods.ThesecondeditionofEssentialMedicalStatisticshasbeencomprehensivelyrevisedandupdatedtoincludemodernstatisticalmethodsandmodernapproachestostatisticalanalysis,whileretainingtheapproachableandnon-mathematicalstyleofthefirstedition.Thebooknowincludesfullcoverageofthemostcommonlyusedregressionmodels,multiplelinearregression,logisticregression,PoissonregressionandCoxregression,aswellasachapterongeneralissuesinregressionmodelling.Inaddition,newchaptersintroducemoreadvancedtopicssuchasmeta-analysis,likelihood,bootstrappingandrobuststandarderrors,andanalysisofclustereddata.Aimedatstudentsofmedicalstatistics,medicalresearchers,publichealthpractitionersandpractisingcliniciansusingstatisticsintheirdailywork,thebookisdesignedasbothateachingandareferencetext.Theformatofthebookisclearwithhighlightedformulaeandworkedexamples,sothatallconceptsarepresentedinasimple,practicalandeasy-to-understandway.Thesecondeditionenhancestheemphasisonchoiceofappropriatemethodswithnewchaptersonstrategiesforanalysisandmeasuresofassociationandimpact.EssentialMedicalStatisticsissupportedbyawebsiteatwww.blackwellpublishing.com/essentialmedstats.Thisusefulonlineresourceprovidesstatisticaldatasetstodownload,aswellassamplechaptersandfutureupdates.