4th, completely revised and enlarged edition 42 figures and 113 tables, 2007 这本书
很实用,从基本的说起,不会感到太难掌握。这是最新版本。 How does this edition differ from its predecessor? In our opinion, the fourth edition represents the most substantial revision of Using and Understanding Medical Statistics since the book was first published in 1984. As medical research has evolved, the statistical methods that are used to sift study data and adduce convincing evidence of improvement and innovation have become increasingly sophisticated. As a result, we have added entirely new chapters on Poisson regression, the analysis of variance, meta-analysis, diagnostic tests and the subject of measurement agreement and reliability. In addition, there are sections describing new topics in the chapters on longitudinal studies, data analysis, and clinical trials. Because statistical software is now widely available, we have removed the nine pages of statistical tables pertaining to Fisher’s exact test; there are now many computational tools that will evaluate the exact significance level of this widely-used hypothesis test. Since there is now a chapter describing Poisson regression, we have also been able to add a new section to the chapter on epidemiological applications, one that describes the use of this tool to analyze the classic cohort study of smoking and coronary mortality reported by Doll and Hill. The changes in the public attitude towards smoking to which we previously referred are in large measure due to the pioneering efforts of Drs. Doll and Hill, and their work provides an outstanding example of fruitful collaboration between medical and statistical scientists. Finally, we must admit that the goal we identified in the first edition to have most chapters represent a single evening’s reading has proved increasingly difficult to achieve。