ABSTRACT

Encyclopedic in breadth, yet practical and concise, Medical Biostatistics, Third Edition focuses on the statistical aspects of medicine with a medical perspective, showing the utility of biostatistics as a tool to manage many medical uncertainties. The author concludes "Just as results of medical tests, statistical results can be false negative or

chapter 1|28 pages

Medical Uncertainties

chapter 2|34 pages

Basics of Medical Studies

chapter 3|20 pages

Sampling Methods

chapter 4|28 pages

Designs for Observational Studies

chapter 5|20 pages

Medical Experiments

chapter 6|42 pages

Clinical Trials

chapter 8|32 pages

Presentation of Variation by Figures

chapter 9|62 pages

Some Quantitative Aspects of Medicine

chapter 10|24 pages

Clinimetrics and Evidence-Based Medicine

chapter 11|44 pages

Measurement of Community Health

chapter 13|54 pages

Inference from Proportions

chapter 14|38 pages

Relative Risk and Odds Ratio

chapter 15|66 pages

Inference from Means

chapter 16|58 pages

Relationships: Quantitative Data

chapter 17|38 pages

Relationships: Qualitative Dependent

chapter 18|34 pages

Survival Analysis

chapter 20|42 pages

Quality Considerations

chapter 21|44 pages

Statistical Fallacies