Statistical Literacy for Clinical Practitioners

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ISBN: 3319345834
ISBN 13: 9783319345833
Autor: Holmes, William H/Rinaman, William C
Verlag: Springer Verlag GmbH
Umfang: xi, 485 S., 340 s/w Illustr., 485 p. 340 illus.
Erscheinungsdatum: 09.10.2016
Auflage: 1/2014
Produktform: Kartoniert
Einband: Kartoniert

This textbook on statistics is written for students in medicine, epidemiology, and public health. It builds on the important role evidence-based medicine now plays in the clinical practice of physicians, physician assistants and allied health practitioners. By bringing research design and statistics to the fore, this book can integrate these skills into the curricula of professional programs. Students, particularly practitioners-in-training, will learn statistical skills that are required of today’s clinicians. Practice problems at the end of each chapter and downloadable data sets provided by the authors ensure readers get practical experience that they can then apply to their own work. Topics covered include:  Functions of Statistics in Clinical Research Common Study DesignsDescribing Distributions of Categorical and Quantitative VariablesConfidence Intervals and Hypothesis TestingDocumenting Relationships in Categorical and Quantitative DataAssessing Screening and Diagnostic TestsComparing Means of Independent and Related SamplesLinear RegressionBinary Logistic RegressionSurvival AnalysisRegression Analysis of Count Data

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Beschreibung

This textbook on statistics is written for students in medicine, epidemiology, and public health. It builds on the important role evidence-based medicine now plays in the clinical practice of physicians, physician assistants and allied health practitioners. By bringing research design and statistics to the fore, this book can integrate these skills into the curricula of professional programs. Students, particularly practitioners-in-training, will learn statistical skills that are required of todays clinicians. Practice problems at the end of each chapter and downloadable data sets provided by the authors ensure readers get practical experience that they can then apply to their own work. 

Autorenporträt

William H. Holmes has a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.  He is an associate professor of physician assistant studies and psychology at Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY, and research coordinator for Le Moynes Department of Physician Assistant Studies.  Twice named the Instructor of the Year by Le Moynes Physician Assistant Student Society, Professor Holmes teaches statistics and technical writing to physician assistant students and co-mentors their masters projects.William C. Rinaman has a Ph.D. in statistics from American University.  He was a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, NY, for 31 years.  He is now retired and living in Pinehurst, NC, where he enjoys playing golf and croquet.  He is currently doing volunteer tutoring and adjunct teaching at Sandhills Community College in Pinehurst.

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