Guides the reader through the research process from design to interpretation, emphasizes understanding and interpreting statistics
Features all commonly used statistical methods in medicine, using real clinical study examples to aid understanding
Suitable for both designing and conducting your own research, and critically appraising other studies
New to this Edition:
Fully updated to include new material and examples for standard and complex study designs and analysis, data handling and processing, and reporting results
Now includes new sections throughout the book describing how doctors think and showing the similarities between statistical reasoning and clinical decision-making