Clinical Data Analysis on a Pocket Calculator Understanding the Scientific Methods of Statistical Reasoning and Hypothesis Testing /

In everyone's life the day comes that medical and health care has the highest priority. It is unbelievable, that a field, so important, uses the scientific method so little. The current book is helpful for implementation of the scientific method in the daily life of medical and health care work...

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Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Cleophas, Ton J. (Συγγραφέας), Zwinderman, Aeilko H. (Συγγραφέας)
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Έκδοση:2nd ed. 2016.
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Preface.-I Continuous Outcome Data
  • Data Spread, Standard Deviations
  • Data Summaries: Histograms, Wide and Narrow Gaussian Curves
  • Null-Hypothesis Testing with Graphs
  • Null-Hypothesis Testing with the T-table
  • One-Sample Continuous Data (One-Sample T-Test, One-Sample Wilcoxon
  • Paired Continuous Data (Paired T-Test, Two-Sample Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test)
  • Unpaired Continuous Data (Unpaired T-Test, Mann-Whitney)
  • Linear Regression (Regression Coefficients, Correlation Coefficients, and their Standard Errors)
  • Kendall-Tau Regression for Ordinal Data
  • Paired Continuous Data, Analysis with Help of Correlation Coefficients
  • Power Equations
  • Sample Size Calculations
  • Confidence Intervals
  • Equivalence Testing instead of Null-Hypothesis Testing
  • Noninferiority Testing instead of Null-Hypothesis Testing
  • Superiority Testing instead of Null-Hypothesis Testing
  • Missing Data Imputation
  • Bonferroni Adjustments
  • Unpaired Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
  • Paired Analysis of Variance (ANOVA).-Variability Analysis for One or Two Samples
  • 22 Variability Analysis for Three or More Samples
  • Confounding
  • Propensity Score and Propensity Score Matching for Multiple Confounders
  • Interaction
  • Accuracy and Reliability Assessments
  • Robust Tests for Imperfect Data
  • Non-linear Modeling on a Pocket Calculator
  • Fuzzy Modeling for Imprecise and Incomplete Data
  • Bhattacharya Modeling for Unmasking Hidden Gaussian Curves
  • Item Response Modeling instead of Classical Linear Analysis of Questionnaires
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Goodness of Fit Tests for Identifying Nonnormal Data
  • Non-Parametric Tests for Three or More Samples (Friedman and Kruskal-Wallis)
  • II Binary Outcome Data.-Data Spread: Standard Deviation, One Sample Z- Test, One Sample Binomial Test
  • Z-Tests
  • Phi Tests for Nominal Data
  • 38 Chi-Square Tests
  • Fisher Exact Tests Convenient for Small Samples
  • Confounding
  • Interaction
  • Chi-square Tests for Large Cross-Tabs
  • Logarithmic Transformations, a Great Help to Statistical Analyses
  • Odds Ratios, a Short-Cut for Analyzing Cross-Tabs
  • Log odds, the Basis of Logistic Regression
  • Log Likelihood Ratio Tests for the Best Precision
  • Hierarchical Loglinear Models for Higher Order Cross-Tabs
  • McNemar Tests for Paired Cross-Tabs
  • McNemar Odds Ratios
  • Power Equations
  • Sample Size Calculations
  • Accuracy Assessments
  • Reliability Assessments
  • Unmasking Fudged Data
  • Markov Modeling for Predictions outside the Range of Observations
  • Binary Partitioning with CART (Classification and Regression Tree) Methods
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Physicians' Daily Life and the Scientific Method
  • Incident Analysis and the Scientific Method
  • Cochran Tests for Large Paired Cross-Tabs.-Index. .