Michael Campbell, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK, and David Machin, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore

Written by highly-respected authors, the third edition of this highly-successful text presents a concise explanation of the principles of medical statistics, and incorporates general revisions to the content. By popular demand, there is a new section on logistic regression and increased information on clinical trials.

Medical Statistics 3e is specifically intended for medical students, but is also useful for practising doctors wishing to remind themselves of the essentials of statistical design and interpretation.

• Uses real examples taken from the current literature - all of which have been updated for the third edition
• Previous editions of this text have excellent reputations and have been well adopted
• The new edition takes on board, more than ever, the evidence-based approach to medical statistics
• A highly readable, easy-to-use, pragmatic text

"One of the best books currently available ... It cannot be recommended too highly." - J. Bulman, BDJ

"This is my favourite text on statistics." - D. Hutchinson, Clinical Research Focus

Contents

• Uses and Abuses of Medical Statistics Design
• Probability and Decision Making
• Data Description
• From Sample to Population
• Statistical Inference
• Correlation and Regression
• Logistic Regression
• Appendix