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Presenting Medical Statistics: From Proposal to Publication, 2nd Edition
- Publication Year:
- 2017
- Edition:
- 2nd Ed.
- Author:
- Peacock, Janet L.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- ISBN:
- 978-0-19-877910-0
- Doody Core Title Score:
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As many medical and healthcare researchers have a love-hate relationship with statistics, the second edition of this practical reference book may make all the difference.
Using practical examples, mainly from the authors' own research, the book explains how to make sense of statistics, turn statistical computer output into coherent information, and help decide which pieces of information to report and how to present them.
The book takes you through all the stages of the research process, from the initial research proposal, through ethical approval and data analysis, to reporting on and publishing the findings. Helpful tips and information boxes, offer clear guidance throughout, including easily followed instructions on how to:
Develop a quantitative research proposal for ethical/institutional approval or research funding
Write up the statistical aspects of a paper for publication
Choose and perform simple and more advanced statistical analyses
Describe the statistical methods and present the results of an analysis.
This new edition covers a wider range of statistical programs - SAS, STAT, R, and SPSS, a
Using practical examples, mainly from the authors' own research, the book explains how to make sense of statistics, turn statistical computer output into coherent information, and help decide which pieces of information to report and how to present them.
The book takes you through all the stages of the research process, from the initial research proposal, through ethical approval and data analysis, to reporting on and publishing the findings. Helpful tips and information boxes, offer clear guidance throughout, including easily followed instructions on how to:
This new edition covers a wider range of statistical programs - SAS, STAT, R, and SPSS, a
Details
- Platform:
- OvidSP
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Product Type:
- Book
- Author:
- Peacock, Janet L.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-19-877910-0
- Specialty:
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- Biostatistics
- Terminology & Reference
- Language:
- English
- Edition:
- 2nd Ed.
- Pages:
- 224
- Publication Year:
- 2017
- Doody Core Title Score:
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