Statistical reasoning for surgeons. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mitchell Maltenfort, Antonia F. Chen, Camilo Restrepo.
• Authors: Maltenfort, Mitchell; Chen, Antonia; Restrepo, Camilo
• Contents: 1 Introduction – Why Does a Surgeon Need Statistics? 2 Interpreting Probability: Medical School Axioms of Probability 3 Statistics, the Law of Large Numbers, and the Confidence Interval 4 The Basics of Statistical Tests 5 How Much Data Is Enough? 6 Showing the Data to Yourself First – Graphs and Tables, Part 1 7 How Normal Is a Gaussian Distribution? What to Do with Extreme Values? 8 All Probabilities Are Conditional 9 Quality versus Quantity in Data 10 Practical Examples 11 All Things Being Equal – But How? (Designing the Study) 12 Binary and Count Outcomes 13 Repeated Measurements and Accounting for Change 14 What If the Data Is Not All There? 15 Showing the Data to Others – Graphs and Tables, Part 2 16 Further Reading GLOSSARY REFERENCES INDEX
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : Chapman & Hall/CRC
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 519.5024617; Medical statistics; Surgery -- Statistical methods
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351608374; 9781351608381; 9781351608367; 9781315107875
• Related ISBNs: 9781138091795; 9781138091702
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