{"product_id":"sample-sizes-for-clinical-laboratory-and-epidemiology-studies-9781118874943","title":"Sample Sizes for Clinical Laboratory and Epidemiology Studies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn authoritative resource that offers the statistical tools and software needed to design and plan valid clinical studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNow in its fourth and extended edition, \u003ci\u003eSample Sizes for Clinical, Laboratory and Epidemiology Studies\u003c\/i\u003eincludes the sample size software (SSS) and formulae and numerical tables needed to design valid clinical studies. The text covers clinical as well as laboratory and epidemiology studies and contains the information needed to ensure a study will form a valid contribution to medical research.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe authors, noted experts in the field, explain step by step and explore the wide range of considerations necessary to assist investigational teams when deriving an appropriate sample size for their when planned study. The book contains sets of sample size tables with companion explanations and clear worked out examples based on real data. In addition, the text offers bibliography and references sections that are designed to be helpful with guidan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Basic Design Considerations 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Further Design Considerations 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Binary Outcomes 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Ordered Categorical Outcomes 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Continuous Outcomes 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Rate Outcomes 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Survival Time Outcomes 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Paired Binary, Ordered Categorical and Continuous Outcomes 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Confidence Intervals 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Repeated Outcome Measures 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Non‐Inferiority and Equivalence 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Cluster Designs 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Stepped Wedge Designs 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 More than Two Groups Designs 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Genomic Targets and Dose‐Finding 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Feasibility and Pilot Studies 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Therapeutic Exploratory Trials: Single Arm with Binary Outcomes 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Therapeutic Exploratory Trials: Survival, Dual Endpoints, Randomised and Genomic Targets 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 The Correlation Coefficient 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Observer Agreement Studies 317\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Reference Intervals and Receiver Operating Curves 339\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Sample Size Software \u003csup\u003eS\u003c\/sup\u003eS\u003csub\u003eS\u003c\/sub\u003e 361\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCumulative References 363\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 381\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51863120216407,"sku":"9781118874943","price":70.16,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118874943.jpg?v=1759919693","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sample-sizes-for-clinical-laboratory-and-epidemiology-studies-9781118874943","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}