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Vital Statistics

Vital Statistics

An introduction to health science statistics

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Vital Statistics:: an introduction to health science statistics draws on real world, health-related and local examples, with a broad appeal to the Health Sciences student , it demonstrates how an understanding of statistics is useful both in the real world, and in statistics exams.

Written in recognition of Health Sciences courses which require knowledge of statistical literacy, this book guides the reader to an understanding of why, as well as how and when to use statistics.

It explores::

How data relates to information, and how information relates to knowledge

How to use statistics to distinguish information from disinformation

The importance of probability, in statistics and in life

That inferential statistics allow us to infer from samples to populations, and how useful such inferences can be

How to appropriately apply and interpret statistical measures of difference and association

How qualitative and quantitative methods differ, and when its appropriate to use each

The special statistical needs of the health sciences, and some especially health science relevant statistics

The vital importance of computers in the statistical analysis of data, and gives an overview of the most commonly used analyses
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Publication date
2013
Issue number
1
Cover
paperback
Pages count
244
Dimensions (mm)
140 x 215
Weight (g)
340
  • Chapter 1: A Fool-Resistant Introduction to statistics

    Chapter 2: Statistics as information

    Chapter 3: Descriptive statistics

    Chapter 4: Probability

    Chapter 5: Inferential statistics, sampling and hypothesis testing

    Chapter 6: Significance testing, beyond significance testing and experimental design

    Chapter 7: Measures of differences (1): t-tests and the chi-square test

    Chapter 8: Measures of differences (2): analysis of variance (ANOVA)

    Chapter 9: Measures of association (1): correlation

    Chapter 10: Measures of association (2): regression

    Chapter 11: Qualitative research methods

    Chapter 12: Statistics in the health sciences

    Chapter 13: Reliability, validity and norms

    Chapter 14: Statistics and the computer

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