This book not only tells one which statistics to use to summarize data and the assumptions underlying certain statistical methods, but also it discusses what restrictions there are to using the methods and when not to use them.
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Medical Statistics: A Commonsense Approach by Michael J. Campbell
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Table of Contents
Uses and abuses of medical statistics; design; probability and decision making; data description; from sample to population; correlation and regression; the randomized controlled trial; designed observational studies; common pitfalls in medical statistics. Appendices: notation and hints on calculation; calculation of mean and standard deviation; two sample z-test; two sample t-test; paires t-test; chi-squared test in 2x2 tables; Fisher's exact test; rxc tables; McNemar's test; non-parametric tests; correlation coefficient; linear regression; confidence interval for an odds ration from an unmatched case-control study; calculation and confidence interval of an SMR; sample size calculations; normal probability plots; Kaplan-Meier survival curve and logrank test.
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Medical Statistics: A Commonsense Approach by Michael J. Campbell
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