Medical statistics at a glance - Aviva Petrie

Medical Statistics at a Glance provides a concise and accessible introduction to and revision aid for this complex subject. Following the familiar easytouse at a Glance format, it leads the reader through a number of selfcontained chapters which explain the underlying concepts of medical statistics and provide a guide to the most commonly used statistical procedures.

This new edition of Medical Statistics at a Glance:

• contains a second colour throughout to enhance the visual appeal
  
• presents the key facts accompanied, where appropriate, by clear and informative tables and diagrams
  
• features worked examples in each chapter, with emphasis on the interpretation of computer data analysis rather than on complex hand calculations
  
• includes new chapters entitled Rates and Poisson regression, Generalized linear models, Explanatory variables in statistical models and Regression models for clustered data
  
• has an accompanying website http://www.medstatsaag.com/ containing supplementary material including an extensive reference list and multiple choice questions (MCQs) with interactive answers for selfassessment.

Medical Statistics at a Glance will appeal to all medical students, junior doctors and researchers in biomedical and pharmaceutical disciplines.

Reviews of the last edition

All in all, this is a book that I would highly recommend to the target audience. Concise, accurate, broad coverage, in an easytouse format buy this and you will have the best set of lecture notes in the class!'
The Statistician, 2001

The more familiar I have become with this book, the more I appreciate the clear presentation and unthreatening prose.'
Journal of Epidemiology

...I unreservedly recommend this book to all medical students, especially those that dislike reading reams of text. This is one book that will not sit on your shelf collecting dust once you have graduated and will also function as a reference book.'
4th year medical student, Barts and the London Chronicle, Spring 2003

an excellent job of making medical statistics as relevant and painless as it possibly could beif statistics give you headaches buy it
GKT Gazette

It is now a valuable companion to my statistics course
International Journal of Epidemiology

As one who generally has not got a clue whenit comes to statistics, this is a book I would definitely recommend
Surgo: Glasgow University Medical Journal

This bookwas actually enjoyable to read
Cambridge Medicine

Nothing is too obscure, there are lots of worked examples, and clear diagrams. Go Buy!
Sphincter
Liverpool Medical Students Society Journal