Basic statistics and epidemiology : a practical guide /
Stewart, Antony
Basic statistics and epidemiology : a practical guide / Antony Stewart - Fifth edition - London : CRC Press, 2022 - xi, 204 pages ; 25 cm.
Includes appendices, references and index.
Contents: What are statistics? -- Population and samples -- Random sampling -- Presenting data -- Frequencies, percentages, proportions and rates -- Types of data -- Mean, median and mode -- Centiles -- Standard deviation -- Standard error -- Normal distribution -- Confidence intervals -- Probability -- Hypothesis tests and p-values -- The t-tests -- Data checking -- Parametric and non-parametric tests -- Correlation and linear regression -- Analysis of variance and some other types of regression -- Chi-squared test -- Statistical power and sample size -- Effect size -- What is epidemiology? -- Bias and confounding -- Measuring disease frequency -- Measuring association in epidemiology -- Cross-sectional studies -- Questionnaires -- Cohort studies -- Case-control studies -- Randomised controlled trials -- Screening -- Evidence-based healthcare.
9780367708153
Statistics
Epidemiologic methods.
Cir./614.4/St491
Basic statistics and epidemiology : a practical guide / Antony Stewart - Fifth edition - London : CRC Press, 2022 - xi, 204 pages ; 25 cm.
Includes appendices, references and index.
Contents: What are statistics? -- Population and samples -- Random sampling -- Presenting data -- Frequencies, percentages, proportions and rates -- Types of data -- Mean, median and mode -- Centiles -- Standard deviation -- Standard error -- Normal distribution -- Confidence intervals -- Probability -- Hypothesis tests and p-values -- The t-tests -- Data checking -- Parametric and non-parametric tests -- Correlation and linear regression -- Analysis of variance and some other types of regression -- Chi-squared test -- Statistical power and sample size -- Effect size -- What is epidemiology? -- Bias and confounding -- Measuring disease frequency -- Measuring association in epidemiology -- Cross-sectional studies -- Questionnaires -- Cohort studies -- Case-control studies -- Randomised controlled trials -- Screening -- Evidence-based healthcare.
9780367708153
Statistics
Epidemiologic methods.
Cir./614.4/St491