TY  - BOOK
AU  - Matthews,David E.
AU  - Farewell,Vernon T.
TI  - Using and understanding medical statistics
SN  - 9783805581899 (hard cover : alk. paper)
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Basel
PB  - Karger
KW  - Biometry
KW  - methods
KW  - Statistics
N1  - Basic concepts -- Tests of significance -- Fisher's test for 2 x 2 contingency tables -- Approximate significance tests for contingency tables -- Some warnings concerning 2 x 2 tables -- Kaplan-Meier or'actuarial' survival curves -- The log-rank or Mantel-Haenszel test for the comparison of survival curves --; An introduction to the normal distribution -- Analyzing normally distributed data -- Linear regression models for medical data -- Binary logistic regression -- Regression models for count data -- Proportional hazards regression -- The analysis of longitudinal data --; Analysis of variance -- Data analysis -- The question of sample size -- The design of clinical trials -- Further comments regarding clinical trials -- Meta-analysis -- Epidemiological applications -- Diagnostic tests -- Agreement and reliability
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip076/2006100514.html
ER  -