Medical Statistics at a Glance, Second Edition (At a Glance) (ISBN 1405127805)

Book Description:
Medical Statistics at a Glance provides a concise and accessible introduction to and revision aid for this complex subject. Following the familiar easy-to-use at a Glance format, it leads the reader through a number of self-contained chapters which explain the underlying concepts of medical statistics and provide a guide to the most commonly used statistical procedures. This new edition of Medical Statistics at a Glance: contains a second colour throughout to enhance the visual appeal presents the key facts accompanied, where appropriate, by clear and informative tables and diagrams features worked examples in each chapter, with emphasis on the interpretation of computer data analysis rather than on complex hand calculations includes new chapters entitled Rates and Poisson regression, Generalized linear models, Explanatory variables in statistical models and Regression models for clustered data has an accompanying website www.medstatsaag.com containing supplementary material including an extensive reference list and multiple choice questions (MCQs) with interactive answers for self-assessment. Medical Statistics at a Glance will appeal to all medical students, junior doctors and researchers in biomedical and pharmaceutical disciplines. Reviews of the last edition 'All in all, this is a book that I would highly recommend to the target audience. Concise, accurate, broad coverage, in an easy-to-use format... buy this and you will have the best set of lecture notes in the class!'the Statistician, 2001 'the more familiar I have become with this book, the more I appreciate the clear presentation and unthreatening prose.'Journal of Epidemiology '...I unreservedly recommend this book to all medical students, especially those that dislike reading reams of text. This is one book that will not sit on your shelf collecting dust once you have graduated and will also function as a reference book.'4th year medical student, Barts and the London Chronicle, Spring 2003 "an excellent job of making medical statistics as relevant and painless as it possibly could be...if statistics give you headaches buy it" GKT Gazette "It is now a valuable companion to my statistics course" International Journal of Epidemiology "As one who generally has not got a clue whenit comes to statistics, this is a book I would definitely recommend" Surgo: Glasgow University Medical Journal "This book...was actually enjoyable to read" Cambridge Medicine "Nothing is too obscure, there are lots of worked examples, and clear diagrams. Go Buy!"Sphincter - Liverpool Medical Students Society Journal

Very nice concise reference:
This is one of my favorite statistical references and I always have it close at hand. Many times I am just looking for a brief and concise overview of a statistical topic that I don't know that well and I use this text as one of my starting points, or I may use it as a quick refresher. It's often a good starting point and a nice bridge to statistical texts, or software statistical manuals, that provide more detail. I would recommend this text to anyone interested in statistics in healthcare / pharma.

brief but useful:
This is a decent review of medical stats and is geared towards those who want a general understanding of what tests to use in what situations. If that's what you want than this is a decent one to check out. If you are looking for mathematical proofs and complete explainations or statistical theories than this is the wrong book to get since it has none of that. Sometimes it is a little too concise and gets confusing (I knew very little about medical stats when I first got this and had to use other sources on a few subjects). There are good examples in each chapter (which are usually about 2 pages each) that help explain the concepts as well.

Medical statistics disappointment:
I purchased this book simply based on its title. However, the title is very misleading. I am a RT(R)(M)(ARRT), going back to school. I have been doing research on the disparities of healthcare and its accessibility. I expected this book to contain actual medical statistics and various case studies, however, nothing regarding healthcare or medicine is even mentioned in the book. I believe this book was written with the purpose to explain the purpose and how to read statistical jargon regardless of purpose or field of study. I was disappointed and will return this STAT!

Accessible, clear, simple, but not TOO simple = NICE!:
This is an excellent introductory text for anyone wishing to learn the principles of medical statistics through self-study.