TY  - BOOK
AU  - 
TI  - PDQ statistics
SN  - 155009016X
PY  - 1986///
CY  - Toronto ; $a Philadelphia : $b B.C. Decker ; $a St. Louis
PB  -  Sales and Distribution, US, C.V. Mosby, 
KW  - Medicine - Research - Statistical methods
KW  - Medical statistics
KW  - Statistics
N1  - 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 T² and MANOVA -- Discriminant function analysis -- Factor analysis -- Cluster analysis -- Canonical correlation -- Research designs
N2  - 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
ER  -