Description
Book SynopsisDesigned to support the best-selling third edition of Medical Statistics at a Glance, this comprehensive workbook contains a variety of self-assessment methods allowing readers to test their statistical knowledge, put it into practice, and apply it to a medical context and when reading published literature.
Trade ReviewGreat workbook that compliments the respective textbook. Excercises are practical, short to the point. Good book of helping to understand the underlying concepts. (Anthony Murray, Faculty of Health & Science, University of Cumbria)
Table of ContentsIntroduction 6
Part 1: Multiple-choice questions 8
Handling data 8
Sampling and estimation 10
Study design 11
Hypothesis testing 13
Basic techniques for analysing data 13
Additional techniques 20
Part 2: Structured questions 24
Part 3: Critical appraisal 44
Randomised controlled trial: template 44
Randomised controlled trial: Paper 1 46
Observational study: template 51
Observational study: Paper 2 53
Part 4: Data analysis 61
Dataset 1 analysed by Stata v11 (StataCorp LP, Texas, USA) 61
Dataset 2 analysed using IBM SPSS Statistics v20 70
Part 5: Solutions 76
Solutions to multiple-choice questions 76
Model answers for structured questions 93
Randomised controlled trial: critical appraisal of Paper 1 109
Observational study: critical appraisal of Paper 2 113
Appendices 117
Appendix I: list of multiple-choice questions with relevant chapter numbers from Medical Statistics at a Glance (3rd edn) and associated topics 117
Appendix II: list of structured questions with relevant chapter numbers from Medical Statistics at a Glance (3rd edn) and associated topics 119
Appendix III: chapter numbers from Medical Statistics at a Glance (3rd edn) with relevant multiple-choice questions and structured questions 120
