News & numbers : a guide to reporting statistical claims and controversies in health and other fields /

Đã lưu trong:
Chi tiết về thư mục
Tác giả chính: Cohn, Victor, 1919-
Tác giả khác: Cope, Lewis, 1934-
Định dạng: Sách
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University Press, c2001.
Phiên bản:2nd ed.
Những chủ đề:
Mục lục:
  • 1. Where We Can Do Better
  • 2. The Certainty of Uncertainty
  • 3. Testing the Evidence
  • 4. What's a Good Study?
  • 5. Questions You Can Ask
  • 6. Tests and Testing: Measuring What Works
  • 7. Vital Statistics: Measuring Life and Health
  • 8. Health Plans and Hospitals: Measuring Their Quality
  • 9. Our Environment and Measuring All Risks
  • 10. Polls: Measuring What We Think
  • 11. Politics, Your Pocketbook, and Plenty More.