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Book Synopsis
Although few physicians, nurses, dentists and other health professionals perform laboratory test themselves, they need to be able to interpret their results and understand findings. This text offers an explanation of the necessary details in probability and statistics in a non-technical treatment.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Probability, Uncertainty, and Medical Knowledge
Chapter 1. The Meaning of "Tests of Significance"
Chapter 2. Alphabet Soup: t, Z, F, r, and Other Statistics Found in the Medical Literature
Chapter 3. Your Patient Tests Positive: Is Disease Present?
Chapter 4. Epidemiological Study Designs
Chapter 5. Clinical Trials
Additional Reading
Index

Probability without Equations

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      Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
      Published 4 February 1998
      ISBN-13 9780801857607
      978-0801857607
      ISBN-10 0801857600

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Although few physicians, nurses, dentists and other health professionals perform laboratory test themselves, they need to be able to interpret their results and understand findings. This text offers an explanation of the necessary details in probability and statistics in a non-technical treatment.

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments
      Introduction: Probability, Uncertainty, and Medical Knowledge
      Chapter 1. The Meaning of "Tests of Significance"
      Chapter 2. Alphabet Soup: t, Z, F, r, and Other Statistics Found in the Medical Literature
      Chapter 3. Your Patient Tests Positive: Is Disease Present?
      Chapter 4. Epidemiological Study Designs
      Chapter 5. Clinical Trials
      Additional Reading
      Index

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