Medical Statistics at a Glance Workbook

This comprehensive workbook contains a variety of self-assessment methods that allow readers to test their statistical knowledge, put it into practice, and apply it in a medical context, while also providing guidance when critically appraising published literature. It is designed to support the best-selling third edition of Medical Statistics at a Glance, to which it is fully cross-referenced, but may be used independently of it. Ideal for medical students, junior doctors, researchers and anyone working in the biomedical and pharmaceutical disciplines who wants to feel more confident in basic medical statistics, the title includes: Over 80 MCQs, each testing knowledge of a single statistical concept or aspect of study interpretation 29 structured questions to explore in greater depth several statistical techniques or principles, including the choice of appropriate statistical analyses and the interpretation of study findings Templates for the appraisal of clinical trials and observational studies, plus full appraisals of two published papers to demonstrate the use of these templates in practice Detailed step-by-step analyses of two substantial data sets (also available at medstatsaag.com) to demonstrate the application of statistical procedures to real-life research Medical Statistics at a Glance Workbook is the ideal resource to test statistical knowledge and improve analytical and interpretational skills. Additional resources are available at medstatsaag.com, including: Excel datasets to accompany the data analysis section Downloadable PDFs of two templates for critical appraisal Links to online further reading Supplementary MCQs

This comprehensive workbook contains a variety of self-assessment methods that allow readers to test their statistical knowledge, put it into practice, and apply it in a medical context, while also providing guidance when critically appraising published literature. It is designed to support the best-selling third edition of Medical Statistics at a Glance, to which it is fully cross-referenced, but may be used independently of it.Ideal for medical students, junior doctors, researchers and anyone working in the biomedical and pharmaceutical disciplines who wants to feel more confident in basic medical statistics, the title includes:* Over 80 MCQs, each testing knowledge of a single statistical concept or aspect of study interpretation* 29 structured questions to explore in greater depth several statistical techniques or principles, including the choice of appropriate statistical analyses and the interpretation of study findings* Templates for the appraisal of clinical trials and observational studies, plus full appraisals of two published papers to demonstrate the use of these templates in practice* Detailed step-by-step analyses of two substantial data sets (also available at medstatsaag.com) to demonstrate the application of statistical procedures to real-life researchMedical Statistics at a Glance Workbook is the ideal resource to test statistical knowledge and improve analytical and interpretational skills.Additional resources are available at medstatsaag.com, including:* Excel datasets to accompany the data analysis section* Downloadable PDFs of two templates for critical appraisal* Links to online further reading* Supplementary MCQs

Introduction 6Part 1: Multiple-choice questions 8Handling data 8Sampling and estimation 10Study design 11Hypothesis testing 13Basic techniques for analysing data 13Additional techniques 20Part 2: Structured questions 24Part 3: Critical appraisal 44Randomised controlled trial: template 44Randomised controlled trial: Paper 1 46Observational study: template 51Observational study: Paper 2 53Part 4: Data analysis 61Dataset 1 analysed by Stata v11 (StataCorp LP, Texas, USA) 61Dataset 2 analysed using IBM SPSS Statistics v20 70Part 5: Solutions 76Solutions to multiple-choice questions 76Model answers for structured questions 93Randomised controlled trial: critical appraisal of Paper 1 109Observational study: critical appraisal of Paper 2 113Appendices 117Appendix I: list of multiple-choice questions with relevant chapter numbers from Medical Statistics at a Glance (3rd edn) and associated topics 117Appendix II: list of structured questions with relevant chapter numbers from Medical Statistics at a Glance (3rd edn) and associated topics 119Appendix III: chapter numbers from Medical Statistics at a Glance (3rd edn) with relevant multiple-choice questions and structured questions 120