An Introduction to Medical Statistics

by Martin Bland

Now in its Third Edition, An Introduction to Medical Statistics continues to be and invaluable textbook for medical students, doctors, medical researchers, nurses, members of professionals allied to medicine as well as those concerned with medical data. The material covered includes all the
statistical work that would be required for a course in medicine and for the examinations of most of the Royal Colleges. It includes the design of clinical trials and epidemiological studies, data collection, summarizing and presenting data, probability, standard error, confidence intervals and
significance tests, techniques of data analysis including multifactorial methods and the choice of statistical method, problems of medical measurement and diagnosis, vital statistics, and calculation of sample size. The new edition describes the design and analysis of medical research studies in a
clear and user friendly manner. The third edition includes new topics such as consent in clinical trials, design and analysis of cluster-randomized trials, ecological studies, conditional probability, repeated testing, random effects models, intraclass correlation and conditional odds ratios.
Material which is encountered only at the postgraduate level has been indicated clearly in the text to facilitate ease or use. The book is firmly grounded in medical data, particularly in medical research, and includes real illustrative examples. There are 100 multiple choice questions and 17 long
questions involving calculations to which fully explained solutions are provided. A new companion volume, Statisitical questions in evidence based medicine (Bland & Peacock, 2000) refers directly to this new edition. This new book of questions and answers includes no calculations and is
complementary to the exercises given here.

Genres: Nonfiction, Medical, Research, Science

Paperback

First published December 3, 1987

Reviews

[Zed Lambrecht · Rating 2 out of 5]

I struggled through the basics and read parts that were relevant to several of my projects. This is an older version. The new one is very similar except that it is more difficult to plow through. Statistics is not a subject that pulls you into an interesting story full of romance, conflict, and resolution. It is boring to begin with.
My review may be harsh due to the overall nonfiction subject. This is a but you want to put down, lose, or forget about. Compared to other books, it lags behind. Other texts do make the subject a little fascinating by integrating the concepts with published studies, either to reinforce proper applications or to demonstrate improper applications of statistical analyses.
For medical students, physicians, and others interested in this subject, I suggest looking elsewhere for a readable and instructional text.

[Neelam · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quite a few methodologies are missing.

[Khaldoun Alkayed · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent book and definitely more than an introduction to medical statistics. First time I read this book was during my Pediatric Hematology Oncology fellowship, and since then I can't stop referring my friends to this book. If you would take this during a practical course ,I would rate it 5 stars. Highly recommended!

[Sergio Uribe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Clásico texto de estadística para medicina. Recomendable en compañia de cualquiera de Norman&Streiner y junto al Armitage&Berry