PDQ statistics / Physicians Data Query statistics Geoffrey R. Norman, David L. Streiner. - Toronto ; $a Philadelphia : $b B.C. Decker ; $a St. Louis : Sales and Distribution, US, C.V. Mosby, 1986. - 172 pages : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-165) and index.

Variables and descriptive statistics -- Names and numbers: types of variables -- Describing data -- Parametric statistics -- Statistical inference -- Comparison of means of two samples: the t test -- Comparisons among many means: analysis of variance -- Relationships between interval and ratio variables, linear regression, and related methods -- Analysis of covariance -- Time series analysis -- Non-parametric statistics -- Non-parametric tests of significance -- Non-parametric measures of association -- Advanced non-parametric methods -- Multivariate methods -- Hotelling's Tē and MANOVA -- Discriminant function analysis -- Factor analysis -- Cluster analysis -- Canonical correlation -- Research designs.

This handy book serves as a "Pretty Darn Quick" guide to statistical concepts and formulas. The clever, irreverent writing style makes reading interesting and enjoyable, and conveys valuable information on critically evaluating medical literature. This edition emphasizes multivariate and non-parametric statistics. The book contains both black-and-white and two-color illustrations.

ISBN: 155009016X 9780941158923 0941158926 9781550090161

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Medicine - Research - Statistical methods.
Medical statistics.
Statistics.