TY - BOOK AU - Peat,Jennifer K. AU - Barton,Belinda TI - Medical statistics: a guide to data analysis and critical appraisal SN - 9780727918123 AV - R853.S7 P43 2005 U1 - 610/.72/7 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Malden, Mass. PB - Blackwell Pub. KW - Medical statistics KW - Medicine KW - Research KW - Statistical methods KW - Statistics KW - methods KW - Research Design N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Data management: preparing to analyse the data -- Continuous variables: descriptive statistics -- Continuous variables: comparing two independent samples -- Continuous variables: paired and one-sample t-tests -- Continuous variables: analysis of variance -- Continuous data analyses: correlation and regression -- Categorical variables: rates and proportions -- Categorical variables: risk statistics -- Categorical and continuous variables: tests of agreement -- Categorical and continuous variables: diagnostic statistics -- Categorical and continuous variables: survival analyses UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip056/2005000168.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0802/2005000168-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0802/2005000168-d.html ER -