Author

Bowers, David

Edition

4th ed.

Place of Publication

Hoboken, NJ

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

2020

Series

R2 Library

Subjects

Biometry

Statistics as Topic

Abstract

Contents:

PART I SOME FUNDAMENTAL STUFF -- 1. FIRST THINGS FIRST ? THE NATURE OF DATA -- PART II DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS -- 2.DESCRIBING DATA WITH TABLES -- 3. EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY ? DESCRIBING DATA WITH CHARTS -- 4.DESCRIBING DATA FROM ITS SHAPE -- 5.MEASURES OF LOCATION ? NUMBERS R US -- 6. MEASURES OF SPREAD ? NUMBERS R US ? (AGAIN)

-- 7.INCIDENCE, PREVALENCE, AND STANDARDISATION -- PART III THE CONFOUNDING PROBLEM -- 8. CONFOUNDING ? LIKE THE POOR, (NEARLY) ALWAYS WITH US -- PART IV DESIGN AND DATA -- 9. RESEARCH DESIGN ? PART I: OBSERVATIONAL STUDY DESIGNS -- 10. RESEARCH DESIGN ? PART II: GETTING STUCK IN ? EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES - 11. GETTING THE PARTICIPANTS FOR YOUR STUDY: WAYS OF SAMPLING -- PART V CHANCE WOULD BE A FINE THING -- 12. THE IDEA OF PROBABILITY -- 13. RISK AND ODDS -- PART VI THE INFORMED GUESS ? AN INTRODUCTION TO CONFIDENCE INTERVALS -- CHAPTER 14: ESTIMATING THE VALUE OF A SINGLE POPULATION PARAMETER ? THE IDEA OF CONFIDENCE INTERVALS -- 15. USING CONFIDENCE INTERVALS TO COMPARE TWO POPULATION PARAMETERS -- 16. CONFIDENCE INTERVALS FOR THE RATIO OF TWO POPULATION PARAMETERS -- PART VII PUTTING IT TO THE TEST -- 17.TESTING HYPOTHESES ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO POPULATION PARAMETERS -- 18. THE CHI-SQUARED (Χ 2 ) TEST ? WHAT, WHY, AND HOW? -- 19. TESTING HYPOTHESES ABOUT THE RATIO OF TWO POPULATION PARAMETERS -- PART VIII BECOMING ACQUAINTED -- 20.: MEASURING THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN TWO VARIABLES -- 21. MEASURING AGREEMENT -- PART IX GETTING INTO A RELATIONSHIP -- 22. STRAIGHT LINE MODELS: LINEAR REGRESSION -- 23. CURVY MODELS: LOGISTIC REGRESSION -- 24. COUNTING MODELS: POISSON REGRESSION -- PART X FOUR MORE CHAPTERS -- 25. MEASURING SURVIVAL -- 26. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS -- 27. DIAGNOSTIC TESTING -- 28. MISSING DATA - APPENDIX: TABLE OF RANDOM NUMBERS

ISBN

1119523885

9781119523888

9781119523925

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Website Notes

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Author

Bowers, David

House, Allan,

Owens, David

Bewick, Bridgette

Edition

4th ed.

Place of Publication

Hoboken, NJ

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Publication Date

2021

Physical Description

xii, 290 p. ; 24 cm.

Subjects

Medical Writing - standards

Journalism, Medical

Reading

ISBN

9781119573166

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Victoria Library

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WZ345 B786 2021

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Alternate Title

Recipes and tips : a healthy guide to better nutrition : Glucerna, Ensure

Corporate Author

Abbott Nutrition

Place of Publication

Saint-Laurent, QC

Publisher

Abbott Laboratories Limited

Publication Date

2011

Physical Description

39 p. : ill. : 22 cm.

Subjects

Nutrition Therapy

Cookery

Cookbook

Dietary Supplements

Popular Work

Language

English

Material Type

Booklet

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

QZ266 N9 R297 2011

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