Medical Statistics at a Glance Workbook
Samenvatting
This comprehensive workbook contains a variety of self–assessment methods that allow readers to test their statistical knowledge, put it into practice, and apply it in a medical context, while also providing guidance when critically appraising published literature. It is designed to support the best–selling third edition of Medical Statistics at a Glance, to which it is fully cross–referenced, but may be used independently of it.
Ideal for medical students, junior doctors, researchers and anyone working in the biomedical and pharmaceutical disciplines who wants to feel more confident in basic medical statistics, the title includes:
Over 80 MCQs, each testing knowledge of a single statistical concept or aspect of study interpretation
29 structured questions to explore in greater depth several statistical techniques or principles, including the choice of appropriate statistical analyses and the interpretation of study findings
Templates for the appraisal of clinical trials and observational studies, plus full appraisals of two published papers to demonstrate the use of these templates in practice
Detailed step–by–step analyses of two substantial data sets (also available at www.medstatsaag.com) to demonstrate the application of statistical procedures to real–life research
Medical Statistics at a Glance Workbook is the ideal resource to test statistical knowledge and improve analytical and interpretational skills.
Additional resources are available at www.medstatsaag.com, including:
Excel datasets to accompany the data analysis section
Downloadable PDFs of two templates for critical appraisal
Links to online further reading
Supplementary MCQs
Specificaties
Inhoudsopgave
<p>Part 1: MCQs</p>
<p>Handling data</p>
<p>Sampling and estimation</p>
<p>Study design</p>
<p>Hypothesis testing</p>
<p>Basic techniques for analysing data</p>
<p>Additional techniques</p>
<p>Part 2: Structured Questions</p>
<p>Part 3: Critical appraisal</p>
<p>Randomised controlled trial: template</p>
<p>Paper 1: a randomised controlled trial</p>
<p>Observational study: template</p>
<p>Paper 2: an observational study</p>
<p>Part 4: Data analysis</p>
<p>Dataset 1 analysed by Stata v11</p>
<p>Dataset 2 analysed using IBM SPSS Statistics v20</p>
<p>Part 5: Solutions</p>
<p>Solutions to MCQs</p>
<p>Model answers for structured questions</p>
<p>Critical appraisal of Paper 1</p>
<p>Critical appraisal of Paper 2</p>
<p>Appendices</p>
<p>Appendix I: List of MCQs with relevant chapters from Medical Statistics at a Glance (3rd edn) and associated topics</p>
<p>Appendix II: List of structured questions with relevant chapters from Medical Statistics at a Glance (3rd edn) and associated topics</p>
<p>Appendix III: Chapters from Medical Statistics at a Glance with relevant MCQs and Structured questions</p>