the vital link to applying evidence in medical decisions /
Gail F. Dawson
1st ed
Philadelphia, PA :
Saunders/Elsevier,
c2008
0807
xiv, 189 p. :
ill. ;
23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Measures of disease -- Mathematical principles -- Populations -- Samples -- Invariably variables -- Outcomes -- Probability -- Distributions -- The normal distribution -- Hypothesis testing -- The probability connection -- Types of statistical tests -- Properties of confidence intervals -- Power -- Bias -- Ethics in medical research -- Types of research studies -- Evaluating the evidence -- Measures of effect -- Economic analysis -- Assessment of tests