Overview
- Reviews medical statistics commonly used in clinical research with detailed instruction for implementation in SPSS
- Provides hands-on experience in generating those statistics and useful screenshots
- Gives a relatively non-technical overview that uses examples and data sets taken from actual studies
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
- Request lecturer material: sn.pub/lecturer-material
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This textbook on statistics is written for students in medicine, epidemiology, and public health. It builds on the important role evidence-based medicine now plays in the clinical practice of physicians, physician assistants and allied health practitioners. By bringing research design and statistics to the fore, this book can integrate these skills into the curricula of professional programs. Students, particularly practitioners-in-training, will learn statistical skills that are required of today’s clinicians. Practice problems at the end of each chapter and downloadable data sets provided by the authors ensure readers get practical experience that they can then apply to their own work.
Reviews
“This is a very helpful book for understanding the statistical interpretation of medical literature. It also provides a guide to applying commonly used statistical tools and methods. … This book is excellent. It is a valuable resource for getting a basic understanding of statistics and it can be used as a reference by various levels of health professionals and students.” (Vedang J. Bhavsar, Doody's Book Reviews, June, 2015)
“It seeks to integrate the imparting of knowledge about statistical concepts with the teaching of how to use a common statistical software, IBM® SPSS®. … the book is a useful addition to many similar tomes on the subject. It should be of value primarily to those who are already initiated to various statistical techniques and are looking for a resource to help them in using the SPSS software.” (Rakesh Aggarwal, The National Medical Journal of India, Vol. 28 (3), 2015)
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
William H. Holmes has a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He is an associate professor of physician assistant studies and psychology at Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY, and research coordinator for Le Moyne’s Department of Physician Assistant Studies. Twice named the Instructor of the Year by Le Moyne’s Physician Assistant Student Society, Professor Holmes teaches statistics and technical writing to physician assistant students and co-mentors their master’s projects.
William C. Rinaman has a Ph.D. in statistics from American University. He was a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, NY, for 31 years. He is now retired and living in Pinehurst, NC, where he enjoys playing golf and croquet. He is currently doing volunteer tutoring and adjunct teaching at Sandhills Community College in Pinehurst.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Statistical Literacy for Clinical Practitioners
Authors: William H. Holmes, William C. Rinaman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12550-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-12549-7Published: 04 May 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34583-3Published: 09 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-12550-3Published: 17 April 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 485
Number of Illustrations: 340 b/w illustrations
Topics: Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences, Medicine/Public Health, general, Epidemiology