Statistics in medicine / R.H. Riffenburgh.

San Diego, CA : Academic Press, [1999], ©1999.

xxxiii, 581 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Course of study -- Data, notation and some basic terms -- Distributions -- Summary statistics -- Confidence intervals and probability -- Concept and practice in hypothesis testing -- Medical decisions: statistical testing, risks, and odds -- Sample size required for a study -- Statistical prediction -- Epidemiology -- Reference handbook -- Reading articles and planning studies -- Probability distributions and tables -- Confidence intervals -- Common tests on categorical data -- Common tests on ranked data -- Common tests on continuous data means -- Common tests on continuous data variances -- Common tests on the distribution shape of continuous data -- Sample size required in a study -- Modeling and clinical decisions -- Regression and correlation methods -- Survival and time-series analysis.