Medical Statistics from Scratch: An Introduction for Health Professionals
- ISBN-10
- 111952394X
- ISBN-13
- 9781119523949
- Series
- Medical Statistics from Scratch
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 496
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-08-16
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Author
- David Bowers
Description
Correctly understanding and using medical statistics is a key skill for all medical students and health professionals. In an informal and friendly style, Medical Statistics from Scratch provides a practical foundation for everyone whose first interest is probably not medical statistics. Keeping the level of mathematics to a minimum, it clearly illustrates statistical concepts and practice with numerous real-world examples and cases drawn from current medical literature. Medical Statistics from Scratch is an ideal learning partner for all medical students and health professionals needing an accessible introduction, or a friendly refresher, to the fundamentals of medical statistics.
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