Published January, 2012
By Sally Kerry, Sandra Eldridge, Richard Grieve and Obioha Ukoumunne
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (John Wiley & Sons Inc)
Series: Statistics in Practice
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This book addresses the statistical, practical, and ethical issues arising from allocating groups of individuals, or clusters, to different interventions.

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Published March, 2011
By Anders Källén
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley–Blackwell)
Series: Statistics in Practice
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Understanding Biostatistics looks at the fundamentals of biostatistics, using elementary statistics to explore the nature of statistical tests.

This book is intended to complement first–year statistics and biostatistics textbooks. The main focus here is on ideas, rather than on methodological details.

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Published March, 2011
By Anders Källén
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley–Blackwell)
Series: Statistics in Practice
Rating: 1.00
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Understanding Biostatistics looks at the fundamentals of biostatistics, using elementary statistics to explore the nature of statistical tests.

This book is intended to complement first–year statistics and biostatistics textbooks. The main focus here is on ideas, rather than on methodological details.

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Published June, 2010
By Bendix Carstensen
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley–Blackwell)
Series: Statistics in Practice
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• Presents a modeling framework in which biostatisticians can analyze clinical data and compare measurements taken from different clinical centres using different methods.
• Provides the practical tools for analyzing method comparison studies along with guidance on what to report and how to plan comparison studies.

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Published November, 2009
By Andrew R. Willan, Simon Eckerman, Hong Chen and Andrew Willan
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley-Blackwell)
Series: Statistics in Practice
Rating: 1.00
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Tests of hypotheses are the predominant methodology used in clinical research decision-making, but numerous published papers have established that tests of hypotheses can lead to suboptimal decisions and advocate the use of Value of Information (VOI) methods, which are based on Bayesian decision theory, instead.

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Published September, 2009
By Stephen J. Walters and SJW Walters
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (John Wiley & Sons Inc)
Series: Statistics in Practice
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An essential, up-to-date guide to the design of studies and selection of the correct QoL instruments for observational studies and clinical trials. Quality of Life (QoL) outcomes or Person/Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) are now frequently being used in randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and observational studies.

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Published September, 2009
By Stephen J. Walters
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley–Blackwell)
Series: Statistics in Practice
Rating: 5.00
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An essential, up–to–date guide to the design of studies and selection of the correct QoL instruments for observational studies and clinical trials.

Quality of Life (QoL) outcomes or Person/Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) are now frequently being used in randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and observational studies.

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Published May, 2009
By Martijn P.F. Berger, Weng–Kee Wong, Weng-Kee Wong and MPF Berger
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (John Wiley & Sons Inc)
Series: Statistics in Practice
Rating: 4.00
Availability: Available

Introduces optimal experimental design, in an accessible style that means very minimal mathematical background knowledge is needed. Provides guidelines for practitioners to increase the efficiency of their designs, demonstrating how optimal designs can reduce a study's costs and sample sizes.

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Published March, 2009
By Emmanuel Lesaffre, Jocelyne S. Feine, Brian Leroux, Dominique Declerck, Jocelyne Feine and E Lesaffre
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (John Wiley & Sons Inc)
Series: Statistics in Practice
Rating: 5.00
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Written to help readers understand and deal with the statistical complexity of oral health research, Statistical Methods in Oral Health Research discusses the unique features of data arising from oral health research and comments on research methods common to both oral health and biostatistics research.

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Published March, 2009
By Emmanuel Lesaffre, Brian Leroux, Dominique Declerck and Jocelyne Feine
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley–Blackwell)
Series: Statistics in Practice
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Written to help readers understand and deal with the statistical complexity of oral health research, Statistical Methods in Oral Health Research discusses the unique features of data arising from oral health research and comments on research methods common to both oral health and biostatistics research.

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