Practical Statistics for Medical Research – Chapman & Hall/CRC Texts in Statistical Science

Most medical researchers, whether clinical or non-clinical, receive some background in statistics as undergraduates.However, it is most often brief, a long time ago, and largely forgotten by the time it is needed.Furthermore, many introductory texts fall short of adequately explaining the underlying concepts of statistics, and often are divorced from the reality of conducting and assessing medical research.Practical Statistics for Medical Research is a problem-based text for medical researchers, medical students, and others in the medical arena who need to use statistics but have no specialized mathematics background.Explores topics of particular importance in clinical practice, including diagnostic tests, method comparison, and observer agreementUtilizes real data throughout and includes dozens of interesting data setsDiscusses the use and misuse of statistics, enabling readers to judge the appropriateness of methods and interpretations published in medical journalsDescribes the main