Making Sense of Medical Statistics: A Bite Sized Visual Guide - Tapa blanda

Hossain, Munier

 
9781108978156: Making Sense of Medical Statistics: A Bite Sized Visual Guide

Sinopsis

Do you want to know what a parametric test is and when not to perform one? Do you get confused between odds ratios and relative risks? Want to understand the difference between sensitivity and specificity? Would like to find out what the fuss is about Bayes' theorem? Then this book is for you! Physicians need to understand the principles behind medical statistics. They don't need to learn the formula. The software knows it already! This book explains the fundamental concepts of medical statistics so that the learner will become confident in performing the most commonly used statistical tests. Each chapter is rich in anecdotes, illustrations, questions, and answers. Not enough? There is more material online with links to free statistical software, webpages, multimedia content, a practice dataset to get hands-on with data analysis, and a Single Best Answer questionnaire for the exam.

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Acerca del autor

Munier Hossain is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with an interest in medical education. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, member of the editorial board of Bone and Joint Journal 360, and a primary editor of the Bone and Joint Journal. He holds an MSc in evidence-based healthcare from the University of Oxford, UK. He has been teaching statistics and evidence-based healthcare for over a decade and has authored several book chapters on medical statistics for trainee doctors.

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