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Basic Statistics and Epidemiology: A Practical Guide
Author(s): Antony Stewart (Author)
- Publisher: CRC Press
- Publication Date: 25 April 2010
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 208 pages
- ISBN-10: 1846194113
- ISBN-13: 9781846194115
Book Description
Winner, Basis of Medicine category of the BMA Medical Book Awards 2011
This straightforward primer in basic statistics emphasizes its practical use in epidemiology and public health, providing understanding of essential topics such as study design, data analysis and statistical methods used in the execution of medical research. This new edition is substantially revised and includes entirely new material on statistical power and sample size.
Clearly worded and assuming no prior knowledge, it gives full step-by-step guidance on performing statistical calculations. It contains numerous examples and exercises with detailed answers to help readers grasp the main points of these complex subjects with ease, providing doctors, nurses, health managers, researchers and students with a concise and practical guide.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Extremely well-written … the clearest book I have read in relation to two of the most difficult disciplines to understand in research…an absolute essential text for all students and beginner researchers.”
―BMA Medical Book Awards Programme
Praise for previous editions:
“A spectacular approach to writing a book of this nature. I have found it to be very useful in my day-to-day work activities … It gives a detailed orientation for beginners and a great review for those wanting to look up a topic without the exhausting details.”
―Jocelyn Murray, Epidemiologist, NASA
“This is probably the clearest and best presented statistics book I have read. I will definitely be keeping a copy on my bookshelf!”
―Clinical Oncology
“An excellent book – clear and well written, providing a really good basic grounding in both statistics and epidemiology.”
―Nick Spencer, Professor of Child Health, Warwick University
