Medical Statistics  (English, Undefined, Sundaram K. R.)

Medical treatment is becoming more and more dependent on decisions arrived at through a variety of carefully planned and interpreted investigations. Biostatistics is recognized as the basic tool for arriving at these decisions, today training of a medical research worker as well as a medical practitioner would be considered incomplete without a reasonable acquaintance with biostatistic techniques. The present book is aimed at providing a comprehensive treatment of the subject  and to serve as a textbook of biostatistics for graduate and postgraduate medical students and for students of pharmaceutical courses. The book will be especially useful for those engaged in clinical research.

Key Features

• Lucid presentation of the basics of biostatistics based on the long teaching and research experiences of the authors.
• A large number of clinical examples included to illustrate practical applications of different statistical techniques and tools.
• Text supplemented by a large number of diagrams to facilitate understanding of different concepts/applications.
• Attractive two-colour format.

About The Author
Prof. K. R. Sundaram is presently Head, Department of Biostatistics, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Kochi. Earlier, he was Professor & Head, Department of Biostatistics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He has published 165 scientific papers in National & International Journals. He was a consultant in biostatistics for teaching & research in Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman for five years. He is a Fellow of the Indian Society for Medical Statistics and the Royal Statistical Society. He is a member of many Scientific Committees of the Indian Council of Medical Research and DBT

Dr. S.N. Dwivedi is Additional Professor, Department of Biostatistics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He has published 125 articles in National/ International Journals. He is a Fellow of the Indian Society for Medical Statistics, the Royal Statistical Society and the International Statistical Institute. He has been a member of many Scientific Committees of the Indian Council of Medical Research and various ministries.

Dr. V. Sreenivas is Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He has 90 publications in National & International Journals. He is a member of various scientific committees and is a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society.

Table Of Contents
Preface
1. Introduction to Medical Statistics
2. Sampling and Data Collection Methods
3. Descriptive Statistical Methods
4. Logic of Statistical Inference
5. Inference Statistical Methods
6. Non-parametric Statistical Methods
7. Introduction to Multivariable Regression Methods
8. Epidemiological Methods
9. Principles of Clinical Trials
10. Estimation of Sample Size
11. Diagnostic Tests - Principles and Methods
12. Introduction to Medical Demography
13. Medical Records, Hospital Statistics and International Classification of Diseases
14. Computers and Statistical Software for Data Analysis
15. Misuse of Statistics

• Answers to MCQs
• Further Reading
• Appendices: Statistical Tables
• Index