A clinician's guide to statistics and epidemiology in mental health measuring truth and uncertainty

Accessible and clinically relevant, A Clinician's Guide to Statistics and Epidemiology in Mental Health describes statistical concepts in plain English with minimal mathematical content, making it perfect for the busy health professional. Using clear language in favour of complex terminology, l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ghaemi, S. Nassir (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press c2009.
Edición:1st ed
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Why data never speak for themselves
  • Why you cannot believe your eyes : the three C's
  • Levels of evidence
  • Types of bias
  • Randomization
  • Regression
  • Hypothesis testing : the dreaded P-value and statistical significance
  • The use of hypothesis testing statistics in clinical trials
  • The alternative : effect estimation
  • What does causation mean?
  • A philosophy of statistics
  • Evidence-based medicine : defense and criticisms
  • The alchemy of meta-analysis
  • Bayesian statistics : why your opinion counts
  • How journal articles get published
  • How scientific research impacts practice
  • Dollars, data, and drugs
  • Bioethics and the clinician/researcher divide.