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selected readings for clinical researchers

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A guide for the statistically perplexed

selected readings for clinical researchers

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A guide for the statistically perplexed: selected readings for clinical researchers
2013, University of Toronto Press
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Table of Contents

Introductory statistics. Do you see what I mean? : indices of central tendency
Maintaining standards : differences between the standard deviation and standard error and when to use each
Breaking up is hard to do : the heartbreak of dichotomizing continuous data
Pick a number : sample size and power in psychiatric research
Speaking graphically : an introduction to some new graphing techniques
Let me count the ways : measuring incidence, prevalence, and impact in epidemiological studies
Risky business : making sense of estimates of risk
More advanced statistics. The case of the missing data : methods of dealing with dropouts and other research vagaries
An introduction to multivariate statistics
Figuring out factors : the use and misuse of factor analysis
Regression in the service of the superego : the dos and don'ts of stepwise multiple regression - Regression towards the mean : its etiology, diagnosis, and treatment
Stayin' alive : an introduction to survival analysis
Life and chi-squared : an introduction to log-linear analysis
Confronting the confounders : the meaning, detection, and handling of confounders in research
Finding our way : an introduction to path analysis
Building a better model : an introduction to structural equation modelling
Unicorns to exist : a tutorial on "proving" the null hypothesis
Research methods. Reconcilable differences : the marriage of qualitative and quantitative methods
Thinking small : research designs appropriate for clinical practice
The two "E's" of research : efficacy and effectiveness trials
Measurement. A checklist for evaluating the usefulness of rating scales
Learning how to differ : agreement and reliability statistics
What's under the ROC? : an introduction to receiver operating characteristics curves
Measure for measure : new developments in measurement and item response theory - Miscellaneous. Putting it all together : using meta-analysis in psychiatric research
"While you're up, get me a grant" : a guide to grant application writing
A short cut to rejection : how not to write the results section of a paper.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Toronto

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
610.72/7
Library of Congress
RA409 .S727 2013, RA409.S727 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 383 p.
Number of pages
383

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL31061411M
ISBN 10
144261353X
ISBN 13
9781442613539
LCCN
2012540496
OCLC/WorldCat
826442106

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