An Introduction to Medical Statistics
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (697 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0199589925 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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Martin Bland is Professor of Medical Statistics in the Department of Public Health Sciences, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK
Fair balance of conceptual explanations vs. mathematical rigor Till date I have not found a single best book for applications of statistics and probability to healthcare, but this book is probably the closest. A majority of books on "biostatistics" shy away from mathematics and will focus only on preliminary concepts. Also, I have noticed that many of them have gaps in the presented information and do not build up the subject in a logical order.Prof. Martin Bland is a recognized authority in the field. He has explained the concept. "I really enjoyed this book" according to Amazon Customer. I really enjoyed this book. Bland shed light on many issues for me, including non-parametric statistics and number needed to treat - there's more going on there mathematically than meets the eye.. "Five Stars" according to Francisco Franco M. Excelent text by a great statistician!
It incl udes the design of clinical trials and epidemiological studies, data c ollection, summarizing and presenting data, probability, standard erro r, confidence intervals and significance tests, techniques of data ana lusis including multifactorial methods and the choice of statistical m ethod, problems of medical measurement and diagnosis, vital statistics, and calculation of sample size.. The material covered inclu des all the statistical work that would be required for a course in me dicine and for the examinations of most of the Royal Colleges. Now in its Third Edition, An Introduction to Medical Statistics contin ues to be and invaluable textbook for medical students, doctors, medic al researchers, nurses, members of professionals allied to medicine as well as those concerned with medical data
Review from previous edition: "The coverage may not be very different from that of other introductory texts, but in my view the style and content are, and they alone make this text one of the best of its kind. The approach is very data driven, and the use of real data makes this even more appealingthis is an excellent book -- in my view it should be the first choice for any student wanting a serious introduction to the practice of medical statistics." --The Statistician"If you want to understand some of the statistical ideas important to medicine but fear being overwhelmed by mathematics you will welcome An Introduction to Medical Statistics." --British Medical Journal"At last I have a book on medical statistics that I can safely recommend to my students!One of the pleasures of the book is that it contains real data." --Journal of the Royal Statistical Society"It is a book which I think anyone teaching