Understanding clinical papers /

Bowers, David, 1938-

Understanding clinical papers / David Bowers, Allan House, David Owens. - 2nd ed. - Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, c2006. - xii, 232 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-225) and index.

The abstract and introduction -- The objectives -- Descriptive studies -- Analytic studies -- Intervention studies -- The research setting -- Populations and samples -- Identifying and defining cases -- Controls and comparisons -- Identifying the characteristics of data -- Summarizing the characteristics of data -- Measuring the characteristics of subjects -- Measuring the characteristics of measures -- Measuring scales -- Fractions, proportions and rates -- Risk and odds -- Ratios of risks and odds -- Confidence intervals for means, proportions, and medians -- Confidence intervals for ratios -- Testing hypotheses - the p-value -- Measuring association -- Measuring agreement -- The linear regression model -- The logistic regression model -- Systematic review and meta-analysis -- Measuring survival -- Results in text and tables -- Results in pictures -- The discussion and the conclusions.

0470091304 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2005-035001

GBA608183

013365619 Uk 101262686 DNLM


Journalism, Medical.
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Journalism, Medical.
Medical literature.
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R118.6 / .B69 2006

808/.06661 / BOW 2006