ABSTRACT

Encyclopedic in breadth, yet practical and concise, Medical Biostatistics, Fourth Edition focuses on the statistical aspects ofmedicine with a medical perspective, showing the utility of biostatistics as a tool to manage many medical uncertainties. This edition includes more topics in order to fill gaps in the previous edition. Various topics have been enlarged and modified as per the new understanding of the subject.

chapter 1|24 pages

Medical Uncertainties

chapter 2|28 pages

Basics of Medical Studies

chapter 3|20 pages

Sampling Methods

chapter 4|24 pages

Designs for Observational Studies

chapter 5|18 pages

Medical Experiments

chapter 6|38 pages

Clinical Trials

chapter 9|60 pages

Some Quantitative Aspects of Medicine

chapter 10|22 pages

Clinimetrics and Evidence-Based Medicine

chapter 11|50 pages

Measurement of Community Health

chapter 13|56 pages

Inference from Proportions

chapter 14|40 pages

Relative Risk and Odds Ratio

chapter 15|64 pages

Inference from Means

chapter 16|64 pages

Relationships: Quantitative Outcome

chapter 17|48 pages

Relationships: Qualitative Dependent

chapter 18|38 pages

Survival Analysis

chapter 20|42 pages

Quality Considerations

chapter 21|40 pages

Statistical Fallacies