Medical Statistics Made Easy has been a perennial bestseller since it was first published in 2003 (#1 bestseller in medical statistics on Amazon). It is widely recommend on a variety of courses and programmes, from undergraduate medicine, through to professional medical qualifications. It is a book of key statistics principles for anyone studying or working in medicine and healthcare who needs a basic overview of the subject. Using a consistent format, the authors describe the most common statistical methods in turn and then rate them on how difficult they are to understand and how common they are. The worked examples that demonstrate the statistical method in action have been updated to include current articles from the medical literature and now feature a much wider range of medical journals. This third edition continues with the same structure as the previous editions and also features a completely revised "Statistics at work" section. Medical Statistics Made Easy 3e scores 99/100 and 5 stars on Doody's (Sept 2014)! Here's what the reviewer said: "This is a practical guide to the use of statistics in medical literature and their application in clinical practice. The numerous examples help make the conceptualization of complex ideas easy. It is a great resource for healthcare students and clinicians in the field." Contents Abbreviations Preface About the Authors Foreword Ch 1 How to use this book Ch 2 How this book is designed Statistics which describe data Ch 3 Percentages Ch 4 Mean Ch 5 Median Ch 6 Mode Ch 7 Standard deviation Statistics which test confidence Ch 8 Confidence intervals Ch 9 P values Statistics which test differences Ch 10 t tests and other parametric tests Ch 11 Mann-Whitney and other non-parametric tests Ch 12 Chi-squared test Statistics which compare risk Ch 13 Risk ratio Ch 14 Odds ratio Ch 15 Risk reduction and numbers needed to treat Statistics which analyze relationships Ch 16 Correlation Ch 17 Regression Statistics which analyze survival Ch 18 Survival analysis: life tables and Kaplan-Meier plots Ch 19 The Cox regression model Statistics which analyze clinical investigations and screening Ch 20 Sensitivity, specificity and predictive value Ch 21 Level of agreement Other concepts Ch 22 Other concepts Statistics at work Ch 23 Introduction Ch 24 Medians, interquartile ranges and odds ratios Ch 25 Risk ratios and number needed to treat Ch 26 Correlation and regression Ch 27 Survival analysis Ch 28 Sensitivity, specificity and predictive values Glossary Index "[This book] continues to provide medical and healthcare students and professionals with the easiest possible explanations of the key statistical techniques used throughout medical literature. Each statistical technique is graded for ease of use and frequency of appearance in the mainstream medical journals. Featuring a completely revised "Statistics at work" section, this new edition retains a consistent, concise and user-friendly format."--- from back of physical book Medical Statistics Made Easy, the perennial bestseller in its field, is a book of key statistics principles for anyone studying or working in medicine and healthcare who needs a basic overview of the subject.
