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Essential Medical Statistics

Series: Essentials
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Essential Medical Statistics is a comprehensive introductory textbook that clarifies and simplifies medical statistics for students, researchers, and clinicians. The second edition includes updated coverage of key regression models such as multiple linear, logistic, Poisson, and Cox regression, alongside contemporary topics like meta-analysis, bootstrapping, and analysis of clustered data. Presented in a clear, non-mathematical style with worked examples and highlighted formulae, this book is both a teaching resource and a practical reference for daily statistical applications in healthcare.
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Ideal for medical students, public health practitioners, medical researchers, and clinicians who use statistics in their work, this book suits those seeking a thorough but accessible guide to medical statistics without an advanced mathematical background.

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Blackwell Publishing is delighted to announce that this book has been Highly Commended in the 2004 BMA Medical Book Competition. Here is the judges' summary of this book: "This is a technical book on a technical subject but presented in a delightful way.

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Blackwell Publishing is delighted to announce that this book has been Highly Commended in the 2004 BMA Medical Book Competition. Here is the judges' summary of this book: "This is a technical book on a technical subject but presented in a delightful way. There are many books on statistics for doctors but there are few that are excellent and this is certainly one of them. Statistics is not an easy subject to teach or write about. The authors have succeeded in producing a book that is as good as it can get. For the keen student who does not want a book for mathematicians, this is an excellent first book on medical statistics."

Essential Medical Statistics is a classic amongst medical statisticians. An introductory textbook, it presents statistics with a clarity and logic that demystifies the subject, while providing a comprehensive coverage of advanced as well as basic methods. The second edition of Essential Medical Statistics has been comprehensively revised and updated to include modern statistical methods and modern approaches to statistical analysis, while retaining the approachable and non-mathematical style of the first edition.

The book now includes full coverage of the most commonly used regression models, multiple linear regression, logistic regression, Poisson regression, and Cox regression, as well as a chapter on general issues in regression modelling. In addition, new chapters introduce more advanced topics such as meta-analysis, likelihood, bootstrapping and robust standard errors, and analysis of clustered data.

Aimed at students of medical statistics, medical researchers, public health practitioners, and practising clinicians using statistics in their daily work, the book is designed as both a teaching and a reference text. The format of the book is clear with highlighted formulae and worked examples, so that all concepts are presented in a simple, practical and easy-to-understand way.

The second edition enhances the emphasis on choice of appropriate methods with new chapters on strategies for analysis and measures of association and impact. Essential Medical Statistics is supported by a website at www.blackwellpublishing.com/essentialmedstats. This useful online resource provides statistical datasets to download, as well as sample chapters and future updates.

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Highly commended in the 2004 BMA Medical Book Competition, Essential Medical Statistics is praised as an excellent and readable introduction to medical statistics for non-mathematicians. The Journal of Renal Nursing calls it "the statistics book of choice" for healthcare professionals. Other reviews highlight its comprehensive breadth, correctness, and clarity, making complex concepts accessible. Users appreciate the detailed yet approachable coverage and the book's suitability for beginners to gain a strong grasp of statistical methods.

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ISBN: 9780865428713

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 08 May 2003

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Edition: 2nd edition

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 173.0mm

Height: 244.0mm

Weight: 885g

Pages: 512

About the Author

Betty R. Kirkwood and Jonathan A. C. Sterne are the authors of Essential Medical Statistics, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.

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