Introduction to medical research
Study designs in medical research
Summarizing data & presenting data in tables & graphs
Probability & related topics for making inferences about data
Research questions about one group
Research questions about two separate or independent groups
Research questions about means in three or more groups
Research questions about relationships among variables
Analyzing research questions about survival
Statistical methods for multiple variables
Survey research
Methods of evidence-based medicine and decision analysis
Reading the medical literature

Includes bibliographies and index.

Basic & Clinical Biostatistics introduces the medical student, researcher, or practitioner to the study of statistics applied to medicine and other disciplines in the health field. The book covers the basics of biostatistics and quantitative methods in epidemiology and the clinical applications in evidence-based medicine and the decision-making methods. Particular emphasis is on study design and interpretation of results of research.