The Scope of Statistics -- Describing Data -- Probability -- Analysing Means and Proportions -- Analysing

Variances, Counts and Other Measures -- Bayesian Methods -- Regression and Correlation -- Comparison of

Several Groups -- Experimental Design -- Analysing Non-Normal Data -- Modelling Continous Data -- Further

Regresson Models for a Continuous Response -- Multivariate Methods -- Modelling Categorical Data -- Empirical

Methods for Categrorical Data -- Further Bayesian Methods -- Survival Analysis -- Clinical Trials --

Statistical Methods in Epidemiology -- Laboratory Assays -- Appendix tables -- References -- Author Index --

The explanation and implementation of statistical methods for the medical researcher or statistician

remains an integral part of modern medical research. This book explains the use of experimental and analytical

biostatistics systems. Its accessible style allows it to be used by the non-mathematician as a fundamental

component of successful research. Since the third edition, there have been many developments in statistical

techniques. The fourth edition provides the medical statistician with an accessible guide to these techniques

and to reflect the extent of their usage in medical research. The new edition takes a much more comprehensive

approach to its subject. There has been a radical reorganization of the text to improve the continuity and

cohesion of the presentation and to extend the scope by covering many new ideas now being introduced into the

analysis of medical research data. The authors have tried to maintain the modest level of mathematical

exposition that characterized the earlier editions, essentially confining the mathematics to the statement of

algebraic formulae rather than pursuing mathematical proofs.