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040			_aUNEDITED/Tomas/2009/Dec
041	0	9	_aeng
042			_apcc
044			_9United States
060	1	0	_aWA 950 2003KI
100	1		_aKirkwood, Betty R.
245	1	0	_aEssential medical statistics / _cBetty R. Kirkwood, Jonathan A.C. Sterne.
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_aMalden, Mass. : _bBlackwell Science, _c2003.
300			_ax, 501 p. : _bill.
500			_aRev. ed. of: Essentials of medical statistics / Betty R. Kirkwood. 1988.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [487]-492) and index.
505	0		_aUsing this book -- Defining the data -- Displaying the data -- Means, standard deviations and standard errors -- The normal distribution -- Confidence interval for a mean -- Comparison of two means: confidence intervals, hypothesis tests and P-values -- Using P-values and confidence intervals to interpret the results of statistical analyses -- Comparison of means from several groups: analysis of variance -- Linear regression and correlation -- Multiple regression -- Goodness of fit and regression diagnostics -- Transformations -- Probability, risks and odds (of disease) -- Proportions and the binomial distribution -- Comparing two proportions -- Chi-squared tests for 2 x 2 and larger contingency tables -- Controlling for confounding: stratification -- Logistic regression: comparing two or more exposure groups -- Logistic regression: controlling for confounding and other extensions -- Matched studies -- Longitudinal studies, rates and the Poisson distribution -- Comparing rates -- Poisson regression -- Standardization -- Survival analysis: displaying and comparing survival patterns -- Regression analysis of survival data -- Likelihood -- Regression modelling -- Relaxing model assumptions -- Analysis of clustered data -- Systematic reviews and meta-analysis -- Bayesian statistics -- Linking analysis to study design: summary of methods -- Calculation of required sample size -- Measurement error: assessment and implications -- Measures of association and impact -- Strategies for analysis.
565			_aUNEDITED/Tomas/2009/Dec
650	1	2	_aStatistics as Topic
650	2	2	_aBiometry
700	1		_aSterne, Jonathan A. C.
700	1		_aKirkwood, Betty R. _tEssentials of medical statistics.
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