04412cam a2200613Ki 4500 9781315107875 FlBoTFG 20260210180746.0 m o d cr cnu---unuuu 210108s2021 flua ob 000 0 eng d OCoLC-P eng rda pn OCoLC-P 9781315107875 (electronic bk.) 1315107872 (electronic bk.) 9781351608367 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket) 1351608363 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket) 9781351608381 (electronic bk. : PDF) 135160838X (electronic bk. : PDF) 9781351608374 (electronic bk. : EPUB) 1351608371 (electronic bk. : EPUB) 9781138091795 1138091790 9781138091702 1138091707 10.1201/9781315107875 doi (OCoLC)1229166437 (OCoLC-P)1229166437 RA409 MED 090000 bisacsh MED 085000 bisacsh MAT 029000 bisacsh MBNS bicssc 519.5024617 23 Maltenfort, Mitchell G., author. Statistical reasoning for surgeons / Mitchell G. Maltenfort, Camilo Restrepo, Antonia F. Chen. First edition. Boca Raton, FL : Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2021. 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Trying to read up on statistics can be like trying to decide where you want to start eating the elephant and what's the most digestible way to get it down. This book is written to give bite-size nuggets of insight based on our experiences grappling with datasets large and small. It is intended to bridge the gap between the formal equations and the practicalities of generating a research manuscript. We won't pretend reading it will answer all your questions but it will help explain what questions need to be asked for your study and how you can address them with both accuracy and clarity. The size, detail and (ostensible) organization of this book allow for easy reading and can give a leg (or at least a half-step) up for those seeking more detailed study later. Features include: Excel sheets to allow exploration of topics raised Emphasis on intuitive explanations over formulas. Consideration of issues specific to clinical and surgical studies Our audience is someone who may or may not have enjoyed formal statistics education (that is, you may have had it and not enjoyed it!) who may like seeing a more dressed-down presentation of the topics. Actual statisticians may pick this up at risk of a chuckle (with us or at us) and may find some useful ways to present topics to non-statisticians. <P>1 Introduction -- Why Does a Surgeon Need Statistics? </P><P>2 Interpreting Probability: Medical School Axioms of Probability</P><P>3 Statistics, the Law of Large Numbers, and the Confidence Interval </P><P>4 The Basics of Statistical Tests </P><P>5 How Much Data Is Enough? </P><P>6 Showing the Data to Yourself First -- Graphs and Tables, Part 1 </P><P>7 How Normal Is a Gaussian Distribution? What to Do with Extreme Values? </P><P>8 All Probabilities Are Conditional</P><P>9 Quality versus Quantity in Data </P><P>10 Practical Examples </P><P>11 All Things Being Equal -- But How? (Designing the Study) </P><P>12 Binary and Count Outcomes </P><P>13 Repeated Measurements and Accounting for Change </P><P>14 What If the Data Is Not All There? </P><P>15 Showing the Data to Others -- Graphs and Tables, Part 2 </P><P>16 Further Reading</P><P>GLOSSARY</P><P>REFERENCES</P><P>INDEX</P> OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record. Medical statistics. 4881 Surgery Statistical methods. MEDICAL / Biostatistics bisacsh MEDICAL / Surgery / General bisacsh MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General bisacsh Restrepo, Camilo, author. Chen, Antonia, author. Taylor & Francis https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315107875 OCLC metadata license agreement http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf 90376 90375