Key statistics principles for anyone studying or working in medicine and healthcare who needs a basic overview of the subject. Now in its fourth edition Medical Statistics Made Easy, is the perennial bestseller in its field and is widely used on a variety of courses and programmes worldwide.

Statistics which describe data: Percentages; Mean; Median; Mode; Standard deviation Statistics which test confidence: Confidence intervals; P values Statistics which test differences: t tests and other parametric tests; Mann–Whitney and other non-parametric tests; Chi-squared Statistics which compare risk: Risk ratio; Odds ratio; Risk reduction and numbers needed to treat Statistics which analyze relationships: Correlation; Regression Statistics which analyze survival: Survival analysis: life tables and Kaplan–Meier plots; The Cox regression model Statistics which analyze clinical investigations and screening: Sensitivity, specificity and predictive value; Level of agreement Other concepts Statistics at work: Means, standard deviations, medians and odds ratios; Confidence intervals and number needed to treat; Correlation and regression; Survival analysis; Sensitivity, specificity and predictive values; Choosing the right statistical test

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