Introduction to medical statistics (3rd ed. 2000) (paper)

This is a new edition of a popular textbook which describes the design and analysis of medical research studies, using many real examples. It includes many questions of readers to test their knowledge.

1. Introduction. 2. The design of experiments. 3. Sampling and observational studies. 4. Summarizing data. 5. Presenting data. 6. Probability. 7. The normal distribution. 8. Estimation. 9. Significance tests. 10. Comparing the means of small samples. 11. Regression and correlation. 12. Methods based on rank order. 13. The analysis of cross-tabulations. 14. Choosing the statistical method. 15. Clinical measurement. 16. Mortality statistics and population structure. 17. Multifactorial methods. 18. Determination of sample size. 19. Solutions to exercises. References. Index.