Clinical data analysis on a pocket calculator : understanding the scientific methods of statistical reasoning and hypothesis testing /: understanding the scientific methods of statistical reasoning and hypothesis testing. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ton J. Cleophas, Aeilko H. Zwinderman.
• Authors: Cleophas, Ton J. M; Zwinderman, Aeilko H
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxiii, 334 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 519.5; Medicine; Mathematical statistics; Mathematical statistics; Biomedicine; Biomedicine general; Entomology; Pharmacy; Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences; Science -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Entomology; Medical -- Pharmacy; Medical -- Biostatistics; Insects (entomology); Pharmacy / dispensing; Probability & statistics; Entomology; Pharmacy; Statistics; Medical -- General; Medical research; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319271040; 3319271040; 3319271032; 9783319271033
• Related ISBNs: 9783319271033
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 27, 2016).
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