Medical Statistics: A Textbook for the Health Sciences, 5th Edition
£34.50
The 5th edition of this popular introduction to statistics for the medical and health sciences has undergone a significant revision, with several new chapters added and examples refreshed throughout the book. Yet it retains its central philosophy to explain medical statistics with as little technical detail as possible, making it accessible to a wide audience.
Helpful multi-choice exercises are included at the end of each chapter, with answers provided at the end of the book. Each analysis technique is carefully explained and the mathematics kept to minimum. Written in a style suitable for statisticians and clinicians alike, this edition features many real and original examples, taken from the authors’ combined many years’ experience of designing and analysing clinical trials and teaching statistics.
Students of the health sciences, such as medicine, nursing, dentistry, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and radiography should find the book useful, with examples relevant to their disciplines. The aim of training courses in medical statistics pertinent to these areas is not to turn the students into medical statisticians but rather to help them interpret the published scientific literature and appreciate how to design studies and analyse data arising from their own projects. However, the reader who is about to design their own study and collect, analyse and report on their own data will benefit from a clearly written book on the subject which provides practical guidance to such issues.
The practical guidance provided by this book will be of use to professionals working in and/or managing clinical trials, in academic, public health, government and industry settings, particularly medical statisticians, clinicians, trial co-ordinators. Its practical approach will appeal to applied statisticians and biomedical researchers, in particular those in the biopharmaceutical industry, medical and public health organisations.
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Additional information
| Publisher | 5th edition (4 Feb. 2021), Wiley-Blackwell |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 448 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1119423643 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1119423645 |
| Dimensions | 17.78 x 2.54 x 25.4 cm |
by Skypilot
I expected a book that you can dip into, but this is more of a book that you have to read and work through. The age old problems of power testing, and choosing the right test for the job needs more attention, but otherwise this seems good so far.
by Jack
Everyone in every subject needs to be able to grasp and understand stats in this day and age – and this is particularly true in medicine.
However, it’s hardly, for most people, a gripping subject. This is a good reference work for the common room library – a gift, perhaps for your colleagues.
by T. K. Elliott
This is the medical statistics book I wanted. Professionally, I don’t have to DO statistics – but I do have to understand them, and I have to explain them to other people. I have usually resorted to the internet, because most statistics books will do exactly the reverse: teach you how to do it, but not why (or why not).
This book is for the practical professional (or undergraduate – by the time you’ve done serious statistical study you should be beyond this) who maybe needs to do some simple statistics, but mostly really needs to understand how it all works so that they can interpret statistical data produced by someone else. The authors have made an effort to use real-world examples (I now know more about corns than I did before, so I can die happy) so you can see the various issues/tests in action, and they have also included discussion of the latest hot statistical topics. There’s a whole bit on p-hacking which should probably be tattooed across some people’s chests.
You can dip and out of this book on a chapter-by-chapter basis, because each chapter is self-contained, but you probably do need to read the whole chapter to understand the narrative. Again, this is because this book is about teaching you WHY to do statistics, not just to do the calculations.
They will pry this book from my cold, dead hands.
by Jack
I’m studying 2nd year philosophy and psychology and stats have started to creep their way into everything. I enjoy maths but haven’t studied it for ages.
I was delighted with this book, it contains all the topics I’ve been exposed to and those that I know are on the horizon. Google is all well and good to find explanations but I much prefer a book with everything contained, concise and set out to learn sequentially.
I can reccomend this to anyone that has to work with a bit of statistics, whether or not your studying something medical – the vast majority is applicable to all of the social sciences
by Annelise O
Got this for my niece who is in research and she says it’s very well written, great techniques for different medical analysis. Chapters then advances on to clinical analysis and requires a bit more mathematical understanding. Each chapters contains questions in multiple choices form along with detailed answers.
by jdc
I got this for a family member who is a physiotherapist. They’re very happy as this will aid them with their ongoing development.
They’ve recently been promoted and have been doing a lot of research. They’ve said this is just the right material as it will aid them in understanding as well as producing the correct information when putting together research.
by Margaret7
Research is an important aspect of both the health and social sciences but the statistical work that accompanies it is generally not a very popular subject. Especially with social science students who tend to be arts-based rather than science-based in their focus, so maths is often not a happy (or recent) subject for many of them. But it is a necessity for conducting research – and this excellent book is a wonderful support – both for experienced and novice students of statistical methods. The focus of the book is very much around real world needs and uses of research and statistical analysis, and that context makes it so much easier to grasp the concepts and understand the necessity for what you are doing. And that is half the battle – and it makes the learning so much less painful. The book covers the full range of research modes, from longitudinal to short term evaluations, and everything in between and it provides exercises to help with understanding and confidence. It is also fully referenced and even has statistical tables in the back. Brilliant.
by Twenty1stCenturyreviewer
Let’s face it, you probably aren’t looking for a book on medical statistics for a light holiday read or a relaxing weekend, but hey maybe you are, no judgement here! You probably need it for a course or are looking for the right textbook for independent study. Well, for any of these reasons this is an excellent book. It is in fact enjoyable as it makes the topic easier to retain and use and the layout is study and user friendly. The book is written by experts in their field and of course Wiley and Blackwell are highly reliable academic textbook publishers. The price is a bargain actually for books of this caliber, which you will know if you regularly buy textbooks, and although I recommend getting the paperback edition for overall layout and use, it is great it is available in Kindle too as the book is large and heavy to carry around.
If you have got the required prerequisites for studying statistics at undergraduate level then you should have no problem with this book. It gives you all you need to understand the topic and take it into a higher level. The book is detailed and in depth and the authors have understood what you need to know and present it in a way that is comprehensive and flows; it will enhance your study of the topic. If you have to, or want to study medical statistics this is the book for you. I highly recommend this book.