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Practical Biostatistics: A User-Friendly Approach for Evidence-Based Medicine

Table of Contents

PART 1 - STUDY TYPE DETERMINATION
1. Epidemiological studies
2. Analytical studies
3. Summary

PART 2 - OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES
4. Determination of association strength between an exposure factor and an event in observational studies
5. Increasing accuracy in observational studies

PART 3 - STEP-BY-STEP BIOSTATISTICS OF A CLINICAL TRIAL
6. STEP 1: Investigator's hypothesis and expression of its corresponding outcome
7. STEP 2: n estimation and n assessment of a published trial
8. STEP 3: Organization of variables and endpoints
9. STEP 4: Measures for results expression of a clinical trial
10. STEP 5: Determination of normality or non-normality of data distribution
11. STEP 6: Hypothesis testing
12. STEP 7: Correlating sample data with the general population - 95% confidence Interval

PART 4 - ADDITIONAL CONCEPTS IN BIOSTATISTICS
13. Individual and collective benefit and risk indexes inferable from intervention cohort studies
14. Statistical assessment of diagnostic tests for the clinic
15. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses
16. Correlation and regression
17. Per protocol analysis and intention to treat analysis

Self-evaluation
Annotated answers
Microsoft Excel 2010 Basics
References
Glossary
Index

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