Medical Uses of Statistics, Second EditionExplains the purpose of statistical methods in medical studies & analyzes the statistical techniques used by clinical investigators, with special emphasis on studies published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Clarifies fundamental concepts of statistical design & analysis & facilitates the understanding of research results. |
Contents
Chapter | 5 |
Chapter 2 | 26 |
Designs for ExperimentsParallel Comparisons of Treatment | 61 |
Crossover and SelfControlled Designs in Clinical Research | 83 |
Chapter 6 | 105 |
Chapter 7 | 125 |
and Marcia Polansky | 141 |
Chapter 9 | 159 |
Chapter 12 | 233 |
Chapter 13 | 259 |
Chapter 15 | 293 |
Chapter 16 | 330 |
Frederick Mosteller | 333 |
Chapter 18 | 349 |
The Importance of Beta the Type II Error and Sample Size in | 357 |
Chapter 21 | 394 |
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