Medical Statistics at a Glance Workbook (eBook)

Aviva Petrie is Head of Biostatistics Unit and Senior Lecturer, Eastman Dental Institute, University College London; Honorary Lecturer in Medical Statistics, Medical Statistics Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Caroline Sabin is Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, Research Department of Infection and Population Health, Division of Population Health, University College London, Royal Free Campus

Introduction 6

Part 1: Multiple-choice questions 8

Handling data 8

Sampling and estimation 10

Study design 11

Hypothesis testing 13

Basic techniques for analysing data 13

Additional techniques 20

Part 2: Structured questions 24

Part 3: Critical appraisal 44

Randomised controlled trial: template 44

Randomised controlled trial: Paper 1 46

Observational study: template 51

Observational study: Paper 2 53

Part 4: Data analysis 61

Dataset 1 analysed by Stata v11 (StataCorp LP, Texas, USA) 61

Dataset 2 analysed using IBM SPSS Statistics v20 70

Part 5: Solutions 76

Solutions to multiple-choice questions 76

Model answers for structured questions 93

Randomised controlled trial: critical appraisal of Paper 1 109

Observational study: critical appraisal of Paper 2 113

Appendices 117

Appendix I: list of multiple-choice questions with relevant chapter numbers from Medical Statistics at a Glance (3rd edn) and associated topics 117

Appendix II: list of structured questions with relevant chapter numbers from Medical Statistics at a Glance (3rd edn) and associated topics 119

Appendix III: chapter numbers from Medical Statistics at a Glance (3rd edn) with relevant multiple-choice questions and structured questions 120

Great workbook that compliments the respective
textbook. Excercises are practical, short to the point. Good
book of helping to understand the underlying concepts.
(Anthony Murray, Faculty of Health & Science,
University of Cumbria)