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Principles of medical statistics /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Feinstein, Alvan R., 1925-2001
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, Fla. : Chapman & Hall/CRC Press, [2002]
Subjects:
Statistics as Topic > methods.
Data Interpretation, Statistical.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Formation, expression, and coding of data
  • Central index of a group
  • Indexes of inner location
  • Inner zones and spreads
  • Probabilities and standardized indexes
  • Confidence intervals and stability : means and medians
  • Confidence intervals and stability : binary proportions
  • Communication and display of univariate data
  • Quantitative contrasts : the magnitude of distinctions
  • Testing stochastic hypotheses
  • Permutation rearrangements : Fisher exact and Pitman-Welch tests
  • Parametric sampling ; Z and t tests
  • Chi-square test and evaluation of two proportions
  • Non-parametric rank tests
  • Interpretations and displays for two-group contrasts
  • Special arrangements for rates and proportions
  • Principles of associations
  • Evaluating trends
  • Evaluating concordances
  • Evaluating "conformity" and marker tests
  • Survival and longitudinal analysis
  • Alternative hypotheses and statistical "power"
  • Testing for "equivalence"
  • Multiple stochastic testing
  • Stratifications, matchings, and "adjustments"
  • Indexes of categorical association
  • Non-targeted analyses
  • Analysis of variance