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Medical Statistics

A Textbook for the Health Sciences
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Medical Statistics by Stephen J. Walters, Michael J. Campbell, and David Machin offers a comprehensive introduction to statistical methods applied in the medical field. This informative text provides practical guidance on data collection, analysis, and interpretation, helping readers understand the fundamental principles of medical statistics. It is an essential resource for students and professionals looking to enhance their analytical skills in healthcare research.
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You might enjoy this book if you're looking to deepen your understanding of statistical techniques used in medical research, whether you're a student, researcher, or healthcare professional. It offers a comprehensive exploration of statistical methods, complete with practical examples, making complex concepts accessible and applicable to real-world scenarios.

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The 5th Edition of this popular introduction to statistics for the medical and health sciences has undergone a significant revision, with several new chapters added and examples refreshed throughout the book. Yet it retains its central philosophy to explain medical statistics with as little technical detail as possible, making it accessible to a wide audience.

Helpful multiple-choice exercises are included at the end of each chapter, with answers provided at the end of the book. Each analysis technique is carefully explained, and the mathematics kept to a minimum. Written in a style suitable for statisticians and clinicians alike, this edition features many real and original examples, taken from the authors' combined many years' experience of designing and analysing clinical trials and teaching statistics.

Students of the health sciences, such as medicine, nursing, dentistry, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and radiography should find the book useful, with examples relevant to their disciplines. The aim of training courses in medical statistics pertinent to these areas is not to turn the students into medical statisticians but rather to help them interpret the published scientific literature and appreciate how to design studies and analyse data arising from their own projects. However, the reader who is about to design their own study and collect, analyse, and report on their own data will benefit from a clearly written book on the subject which provides practical guidance to such issues.

The practical guidance provided by Medical Statistics will be of use to professionals working in and/or managing clinical trials, in academic, public health, government, and industry settings, particularly medical statisticians, clinicians, and trial co-ordinators. Its practical approach will appeal to applied statisticians and biomedical researchers, in particular those in the biopharmaceutical industry, medical and public health organisations.

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Medical Statistics by Stephen J. Walters, Michael J. Campbell, and David Machin is highly valued for its accessibility and clarity, making complex statistical concepts understandable for practitioners in the medical field. It is praised for providing practical examples and exercises that enhance learning, although some readers might find it more suitable for those with a basic understanding of statistics. Its comprehensive coverage is particularly appreciated by students and professionals alike.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781119423645

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 February 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Edition: 5th edition

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 175.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 612g

Pages: 448

About the Author

STEPHEN J. WALTERS is Professor of Medical Statistics and Clinical Trials in the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) at the University of Sheffield, UK. Stephen is a prolific researcher and writer, including the popular textbooks How to Display Data and How to Design, Analyse and Report Cluster Randomised Trials in Medicine and Health Related Research. He is a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Senior Investigator, and has developed several courses on teaching medical statistics to medical and health science students, clinicians and allied health professionals.

MICHAEL J. CAMPBELL is Emeritus Professor of Medical Statistics in the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) at the University of Sheffield, UK. Mike is a leading researcher in medical statistics and clinical trials with a national and international reputation. A prolific writer, Mike has written many best-selling textbooks on medical statistics and clinical trials including: Statistics at Square One, Statistics at Square Two, Sample Size Tables for Clinical Studies, and How to Design, Analyse and Report Cluster Randomised Trials in Medicine and Health Related Research.

DAVID MACHIN is Emeritus Professor of Medical Statistics in the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) at the University of Sheffield, UK. He was Foundation Director of the National Medical Research Council, Clinical Trials and Epidemiology Research Unit, Singapore, and Head of the MRC Cancer Trials Office, Cambridge, UK. He has published more than 250 peer reviewed articles, and several books on a wide variety of topics in statistics and medicine. His earlier experience included posts at the Universities of Wales, Leeds, Stirling, Southampton and Sheffield, a period with the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer in Brussels, Belgium, and at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.

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