Includes index.
Types of data
Data entry
Error checking and outliers
Displaying data graphically
Describing data I: the "average"
Describing data II: the "spread"
Theoretical distributions I: the normal distribution
Theoretical distributions II: other distributions
Transformations
Sampling and sampling distributions
Confidence intervals
Study design I
Study design II
Clinical trials
Cohort studies
Case-control studies
Hypothesis testing
Errors in hypothesis testing
A single group
Two related groups
Two unrelated groups
More than two groups
A single proportion
Two proportions
More than two categories
Correlation
The theory of linear regression
Performing a linear regression analysis
Multiple linear regression analysis
Binary outcomes and logistic regression
Rates and Poisson regression
Generalized linear models
Explanatory variables in statistical models
Issues in statistical modelling
Checking assumptions
Sample size calculations
Presenting results
Diagnostic tools
Assessing agreement
Evidence-based medicine
Methods for clustered data
Regression methods clustered data
Systematic reviews and meta-analysis
Survival analysis
Bayesian methods.
Medical statistics at a glance by Aviva Petrie. ISBN 9781405127806. Published by Blackwell in 2005. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.