Basic & Clinical Biostatistics: Fifth Edition

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Learn to evaluate and apply statistics in medicine, medical research, and all health-related fields A Doody's Core Title for 2020! Basic & Clinical Biostatistics provides medical students, researchers, and practitioners with the knowledge needed to develop sound judgment about data applicable to clinical care. This fifth edition has been updated throughout to deliver a comprehensive, timely introduction to biostatistics and epidemiology as applied to medicine, clinical practice, and research. Particular emphasis is on study design and interpretation of results of research. The book features “Presenting Problems” drawn from studies published in the medical literature, end-of-chapter exercises, and a reorganization of content to reflect the way investigators ask research questions. To facilitate learning, each chapter contain a set of key concepts underscoring the important ideas discussed. Features: • Key components include a chapter on survey research and expanded discussion of logistic regression, the Cox model, and other multivariate statistical methods • Extensive examples illustrate statistical methods and design issues • Updated examples using R, an open source statistical software package • Expanded coverage of data visualization, including content on visual perception and discussion of tools such as Tableau, Qlik and MS Power BI • Sampling and power calculations imbedded with discussion of the statistical model • Updated content, examples, and data sets throughout Basic and Clinical Biostatistics 5th Edition Title Page Copyrigh Contents Preface Using R Chapter 1 Introduction to Medical Research Chapter 2 Study Designs in Medical Research Chapter 3 Summarizing Data & Presenting Data in Tables & Graphs Chapter 4 Probability & Related Topics for Making Inferences About Data Chapter 5 Research Questions About One Group Chapter 6 Research Questions About Two Separate or Independent Groups Chapter 7 Research Questions About Means in Three or More Groups Chapter 8 Research Questions About Relationships Among Variables Chapter 9 Analyzing Research Questions About Survival Chapter 10 Statistical Methods for Multiple Variables Chapter 11 Survey Research Chapter 12 Methods of Evidence-Based Medicine and Decision Analysis Chapter 13 Reading the Medical Literature Appendix A: Tables Appendix B: Answers to Exercises Appendix C: Flowcharts for Relating Research Questions to Statistical Methods Glossary References Index Learn to evaluate and apply statistics in medicine, medical research, and all health-related fields A Doody's Core Title for 2023! Basic & Clinical Biostatistics provides medical students, researchers, and practitioners with the knowledge needed to develop sound judgment about data applicable to clinical care. This fifth edition has been updated throughout to deliver a comprehensive, timely introduction to biostatistics and epidemiology as applied to medicine, clinical practice, and research. Particular emphasis is on study design and interpretation of results of research. The book features Presenting Problems drawn from studies published in the medical literature, end-of-chapter exercises, and a reorganization of content to reflect the way investigators ask research questions. To facilitate learning, each chapter contain a set of key concepts underscoring the important ideas discussed. "Basic & Clinical Biostatistics provides medical students, researchers, and practitioners with the knowledge needed to develop sound judgment about data applicable to clinical care. This fifth edition has been updated throughout to deliver a comprehensive, timely introduction to biostatistics and epidemiology as applied to medicine, clinical practice, and research. Particular emphasis is on study design and interpretation of results of research. The book features "Presenting Problems" drawn from studies published in the medical literature, end-of-chapter exercises, and a reorganization of content to reflect the way investigators ask research questions. To facilitate learning, each chapter contain a set of key concepts underscoring the important ideas discussed." -- Back cover **Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.****Learn to evaluate and apply statistics in medicine, medical research, and all health-related fields**__Basic & Clinical Biostatistics__