What is Medical Biostatistics?
"Medical Biostatistics comprises statistical methods that are used to manage uncertainties in the field of medicine and health."
Indrayan A. Medical Biostatistics, Third Edition. Chapman & Hall/CRC Press, 2012:2.
Redefining Biostatistics
"Probably the most complete book on Biostatistics" AND "Encyclopedic in breadth"
Medical Biostatistics, Third Edition, 2012
A. Indrayan
Chapman & Hall/CRC Press, 1008 pages (US$ 129.95)
Amazon.com
Details at http://MedicalBiostatistics.synthasite.com
Interesting Facts
Bikini - Ghost and Curse
Guide to Statistical Methods
Where to use which biostatistical method - Tables
Flow diagram of statistical methods (by Marta) - Common methods /
Advanced methods
Checking Gaussianity
Clinical Biostatistics
Medical uncertainties
(Aleatory uncertainties,
Epistemic uncertainties, and Examples)
Clinimetrics
Indicators, indexes and scores
Medical scoring
Etiology diagram
Decision trees
Survival analysis for clinicians
Diagnostic thresholds
Clinical trials
Phases of clinical trials
Validity of clinical trials (Randomization, blinding, compliance and size)
APACHE Scores
Epidemiological Biostatistics
Relative risk/ Attributable risk/ Odds ratio/ Number needed to treat
Sensitivity-specificity and positive/ negative predictivities
Sensitivity/specificity based ROC curve
Predictivity based ROC curve
Epidemiological measures of health and disease
(Child,
Adolescent,
Adult, and
Geriatric)
Measures of mortality
(Crude/standardized,SMR,etc.,
Child mortality,
Maternal/Adult mortality, and
Death spectrum)
Measures of morbidity
(Prevalence and Incidence,
Capture-recapture methodology,
Duration of morbidity,
Attack rates, and
Disease spectrum)
Social determinants
Research Methods
Basics of medical research
Protocol preparation
Levels of evidence pyramid
Complaints vs. examination findings
More than 30 types of bias
Various types of study designs
Comparison of prospective, retrospective and cross-sectional studies
Tips on thesis writing and preparing research papers
Initial parts of a manuscript (TITLE,
AUTHORSHIP,
KEY WORDS and
ABSTRACT)
Main body of the report
(INTRODUCTIOn,
METHODS,
RESULTS and
DISCUSSION)
End features of a report
(ACKNOWLEDGMENTS,
KEY MESSAGES,
REFERENCES,
BIBLIOGRAPHY and APPENDIX)
Indrayan's book on medical research methods
Original Thoughts
Smoking index
Can I choose the cause of my death
Meteorological forecasts in India
Internationally applicable social classification
Statistical fallacies
Positive health
Datasets
Patients of renal allograft (Survival)
Glossary of Methodological Terms
Glossary
Links to Other Biostatistics Resources
Online statistics courses
Introduction to Biostatistics 1
Introduction to Biostatistics 2
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