This concise, easy to understand and learner-friendly book invites
the readers to actively particpate in the understanding of medical
statistical concepts that are frequently used in health care
research and evidence-based practice worldwide.
Knowing that the best way to learn statistical concepts is to
use them, the authors employ real examples and articles from health
science literature, complete with the complexities that real life
presents, in an approach that will help bring researchers and
clinicians one step closer towards being statistical savvy and
better able to critically read research literature and interpret
the results.
* A practical hands-on workbook for individual or group
exercises
* Teaches how to understand statistical methods when reading
journals, and how to use them in clinical research
* Emphasizes the use of statistics in evidence-based
research
Relevant for anyone needing to use statistics, this workbook is
an ideal resource for all health care professionals and students,
especially those learning and practising evidence-based
medicine.
Table of Content
Contents.
Foreword.
By Virginia A. Moyer.
Introduction.
Overview.
UNIT 1 Hypothesis testing and estimation.
UNIT 2 Incidence and prevalence rates.
UNIT 3 Comparing proportions.
UNIT 4 Relative risk and odds ratio.
UNIT 5 Clinical trials.
UNIT 6 Comparing mean values.
UNIT 7 Correlation and regression.
UNIT 8 Follow-up studies.
UNIT 9 Survival analyses.
UNIT 10 Diagnostic and screening statistics.
Answers.
Glossary.
Index
About the author
Jennifer Peat is Associate Professor in the Department of
Paediatrics and Child Health and Senior Hospital Statistician,
Clinical Epidemiology Unit at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead,
NSW Australia
Belinda Barton also from the Children’s Hospital at
Westmead is Head of the Education Research Institute and
Psychologist in the Neurogenetics Research Unit
Professor Elizabeth Elliott, Discipline of Paediatrics
and Child Health, University of Sydney, The Children’s
Hospital at Westmead
OR
Jennifer Peat, Belinda Barton, Professor
Elizabeth Elliott,
All of the Children’s Hospital at Westmead, NSW Australia
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