Statistical Modeling for Biomedical Researchers: A Simple Introduction to the Analysis of Complex Data

Statistical Modeling for Biomedical Researchers: A Simple Introduction to the Analysis of Complex Data
ISBN-10
1139643819
ISBN-13
9781139643818
Category
Medical
Language
English
Published
2009-02-12
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Author
William D. Dupont

Description

The second edition of this standard text guides biomedical researchers in the selection and use of advanced statistical methods and the presentation of results to clinical colleagues. It assumes no knowledge of mathematics beyond high school level and is accessible to anyone with an introductory background in statistics. The Stata statistical software package is again used to perform the analyses, this time employing the much improved version 10 with its intuitive point and click as well as character-based commands. Topics covered include linear, logistic and Poisson regression, survival analysis, fixed-effects analysis of variance, and repeated-measure analysis of variance. Restricted cubic splines are used to model non-linear relationships. Each method is introduced in its simplest form and then extended to cover more complex situations. An appendix will help the reader select the most appropriate statistical methods for their data. The text makes extensive use of real data sets available at http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/dupontwd/wddtext/.

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