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Practical biostatistics : a step-by-step approach for evidence-based medicine /

"Practical Biostatistics: A Step-by-Step Approach for Evidence-Based Medicine, Second Edition presents a complete resource of biostatistical knowledge meant for health sciences students, researchers and health care professionals. The book's content covers the investigator's hypothesis...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Suchmacher, Mendel (Author), Geller, Mauro (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London, United Kingdom ; San Diego, CA, United States ; Cambridge, MA, United States ; Kidlington, Oxford, United Kingdom : Elsevier, Academic Press, an Imprint of Elsevier, [2021]
Edition:Second edition.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Practical Biostatistics: A Step-by-Step Approach for Evidence-Based Medicine, Second Edition presents a complete resource of biostatistical knowledge meant for health sciences students, researchers and health care professionals. The book's content covers the investigator's hypothesis, collective health, observational studies, the biostatistics of intervention studies, clinical trials and additional concepts. Chapters are written in a didactic way, making them easier to comprehend by readers with little or no background on statistics. Evidence-based medicine aims to apply the best available evidence gained from the scientific method to medical decision-making using statistical analyses of scientific methods and outcomes to drive further experimentation and diagnosis. With a detailed outline of implementation steps complemented by a review of important topics, this book can be used as a quick reference or hands-on guide on how to effectively incorporate biostatistics in clinical trials and research projects. Explains biostatistics in a didactic way for students, researchers and professionals of health sciences with little or no background on mathematics. Presents a new section dedicated to epidemiology and public health, broadening content from the previous edition. Written by medical doctors with vast experience on biostatistics and teaching who develop the content based on real cases for better applicability by readers"--
Item Description:Previous edition: Amsterdam: Elsevier/Academic Press, 2012.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 193 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780323898973
0323898971