Easy interpretation of biostatistics : the vital link to applying evidence in medical decisions /
Gail F. Dawson
- Philadelphia, PA : Saunders/Elsevier, c2008
- xiv, 189 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
Measures of disease -- Mathematical principles -- Populations -- Samples -- Invariably variables -- Outcomes -- Probability -- Distributions -- The normal distribution -- Hypothesis testing -- The probability connection -- Types of statistical tests -- Properties of confidence intervals -- Power -- Bias -- Ethics in medical research -- Types of research studies -- Evaluating the evidence -- Measures of effect -- Economic analysis -- Assessment of tests