This highly popular introduction to confidence intervals has been thoroughly updated and expanded. It includes methods for using confidence intervals, with illustrative worked examples and extensive guidelines and checklists to help the novice.
Table of Content
Contributors viii
Source of Contents ix
Introduction xi
Douglas G. Altman, David Machin, Trevor N. Bryant
PART I: ESTIMATION AND CONFIDENCE INTERVALS
1 Estimating with Confidence 3
Martin J. Gardner, Douglas G. Altman
2 Confidence Intervals in Practice 6
Douglas G. Altman
3 Confidence Intervals Rather Than P Values 15
Marin J. Gardner, Douglas G. Altman
4 Means and Their Differences 28
Douglas G. Altman, Martin J. Gardner
5 Medians and Their Differences 36
Michael J. Campbell, Martin J. Gardner
6 Proportions and Their Differences 45
Robert G. Newcombe, Douglas G. Altman
7 Epidemiological Studies 57
Julie A Morris, Martin J. Gardner
8 Regression and Correlation 73
Douglas G. Altman, Martin J. Gardner
9 Time to Event Studies 93
David Machin, Martin J. Gardner
10 Diagnostic Tests 105
Douglas G. Altman
11 Clinical Trials and Meta-Analyses 120
Douglas G. Altman
12 Confidence Intervals and Sample Sizes 139
Leslie E. Daly
13 Special Topics 153
Michael J. Campbell, Leslie E. Daly, David Machin
PART II: STATISTICAL GUIDELINES AND CHECKLISTS
14 Statistical Guidelines for Contributors to Medical Journals 171
Douglas G. Altman, Sheila M. Gore, Martin J. Gardner, Stuart J. Pocock
15 Statistical Checklists 191
Martin J. Gardner, David Machin, Michael J. Campbell, Douglas G. Altman
PART III. NOTATION, SOFTWARE, AND TABLES
16 Notation 205
Douglas G. Altman
17 Computer Software for Calculating Confidence Intervals (CIA) 208
Trevor N. Bryant
18 Tables for the Calculation of Confidence Intervals 214
Martin J. Gardner
Index 233
About the author
Douglas Altman FMed Sci was an English statistician best known for his work on improving the reliability and reporting of medical research and for highly cited papers on statistical methodology. David Machin is Professor of Media and Communication at örebro University, Sweden. He has published numerous books and journal papers mostly drawing on linguistic methods.
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