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Statistics for health care professionals: an introduction

Choice Reviews OnlinePublished 1 September 2005
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TL;DR

This chapter discusses statistics for health care research, which involves measuring, Sampling and Error Questionnaires, and the statistical approach to evaluating data from Systematic Reviews.

Abstract

Statistics for Health Care Research The Statistical Approach When Should It Be Applied? Measuring, Sampling and Error Questionnaires The Studies Descriptive Statistics Displaying Data Hypothesis Testing Distributions and Probabilities Making Predictions Testing for Differences between Means Errors and ANOVAs Not Normal Non-Parametric Tests Tests for Association: Chi-Square Tests for Association: Correlation and Regression Analyzing Data from Systematic Reviews Choosing Test Statistics

Keywords

Economics, Econometrics and FinanceHealth Professions