Applied Medical Statistics Using SAS - Der, Geoff

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Auteur(s) : Der, Geoff - Everitt, Brian S.

Editeur : Chapman And Hall/Crc

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/10/2012

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 560

Expédition : 906

Dimensions : 24.1 x 16.1 x 3.4

ISBN : 9781439867976

Résumé :

Designed for medical statisticians, this intermediate-level reference explores the use of SAS for analyzing medical data. A chapter on visualizing data includes a detailed account of graphics for investigating data and smoothing techniques. The book also includes chapters on measurement in medicine, epidemiology/observational studies, meta-analysis, Bayesian methods, and handling missing data. The book maintains an example-based approach, with SAS code and output included throughout and available online.

Sommaire:
Designed for medical statisticians, this intermediate-level reference explores the use of SAS for analyzing medical data. A chapter on visualizing data includes a detailed account of graphics for investigating data and smoothing techniques. The book also includes chapters on measurement in medicine, epidemiology/observational studies, meta-analysis, Bayesian methods, and handling missing data. The book maintains an example-based approach, with SAS code and output included throughout and available online....

Applied Medical Statistics Using SAS is a thorough documentation of statistical methods, inclusive of medical data sets and SAS code. The book would make an excellent reference guide for medical data analysts with access to base SAS 9.3 or a textbook for an introductory and intermediate graduate biostatistics course. ... [It] comes to the market at an appropriate time in the extension of statistical applications to the medical industry ... The thoroughness of procedures and the consideration the authors included in the selection of graphs, SAS code, and theory allow this book to be a resourceful companion for medical analysts. If looking for a broad selection of medical analyses using base SAS 9.3, this is the book for you; in addition, if a particular topic is required for further analyses, the book references additional sources. -Journal of Statistical Software, Volume 52, January 2013