Statistics with Confidence (eBook)

Confidence Intervals and Statistical Guidelines

Douglas Altman, David MacHin, Trevor Bryant, Martin Gardner (Herausgeber)

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2013 | 2. Auflage
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-70251-2 (ISBN)

Infos

This highly popular introduction to confidence intervals has been thoroughly updated and expanded. It includes methods for using confidence intervals, with illustrative worked examples and extensive guidelines and checklists to help the novice.

Douglas Altman FMedSci was an English statistician best known for his work on improving the reliability and reporting of medical research and for highly cited papers on statistical methodology. David Machin is Professor of Media and Communication at örebro University, Sweden. He has published numerous books and journal papers mostly drawing on linguistic methods.

Inhalt

Cover 1
Title Page?????????????????????????????????? 5
Contents?????????????????????????????? 7
Contributors?????????????????????????????????????? 10
Source of contents?????????????????????????????????????????????????? 11
Introduction?????????????????????????????????????? 13
PART I ESTIMATION AND CONFIDENCE INTERVALS?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 15
1 Estimating with confidence?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 17
2 Confidence intervals in practice?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 20
3 Confidence intervals rather than P values???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 29
4 Means and their differences???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 42
5 Medians and their differences???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 50
6 Proportions and their differences???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 59
7 Epidemiological studies???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 71
8 Regression and correlation?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 87
9 Time to event studies???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 107
10 Diagnostic tests???????????????????????????????????????????????????? 119
11 Clinical trials and meta-analyses?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 134
12 Confidence intervals and sample sizes?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 153
13 Special topics???????????????????????????????????????????????? 167
PART II STATISTICAL GUIDELINES AND CHECKLISTS???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 183
14 Statistical guidelines for contributors to medical journals?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 185
15 Statistical checklists???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 205
PART III NOTATION, SOFTWARE, AND TABLES 217
16 Notation???????????????????????????????????? 219
17 Computer software for calculating confidence intervals (CIA)???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 222
18 Tables for the calculation of confidence intervals???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 228
Index???????????????????????? 247

Rezensionen

"The great value of this book is that it presents, in an easily
understood form, the methods which will be needed in most
situations" - Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

"...this is a superb book, full of useful information.

...The book is logically organized into 18 short, highly
readable chapters.

...as a teaching tool, it is invaluable...this book is a handy
reference to have on one's bookshelf with nearly all confidence
interval formulae organized in one place.

...In summary, Statistics with Confidence and the CIA software
are resources that every biostatistician could benefit from."

TSHS, pp. 4-5

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.6.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Statistik
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Epidemiologie / Med. Biometrie
• Schlagworte: acclaimed classic • accompanying • Analyses • Chapters • CIA • confidence • Contributions • Diagnostic • Disk • enables confidence intervals • Intervals • Introduction • Medical • Medical Science • Medical Statistics & Epidemiology • Medizin • Medizinische Statistik u. Epidemiologie • Meta • Methods • New • statisticians • Statistics • Studies • widely
• ISBN-10: 1-118-70251-4 / 1118702514
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-70251-2 / 9781118702512