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" Understanding clinical papers / "
David Bowers, Allan House, David Owens.
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BL
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989062
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b743432
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Bowers, David,1938-
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Understanding clinical papers /\ David Bowers, Allan House, David Owens.
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2nd ed.
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Chichester, England ;Hoboken, NJ :: John Wiley & Sons,, ©2006.
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xii, 232 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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0470091304
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: 0470868090
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: 9780470091302
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: 9780470868096
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0470868090
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-225) and index.
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pt. I. Seting the scene: who did what, and why. Some preliminaries -- The abstract and introduction -- The objectives -- pt. II. Design matters: what type of study are you reading about? Descriptive studies -- Analytic studies -- Intervention studies -- pt. III. The cast: finding out about the subjects of the research. The research setting -- Populations and samples -- Identifying and defining cases -- Controls and comparisons -- pt. IV. Establishing the facts: starting with basic observations. Identifying the characteristics of data -- Summarizing the characteristics of data -- Measuring the characteristics of subjects -- Measuring the characteristics of measures -- Measurement scales.
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pt. V. Establishing more of the facts: some common ways of describing results. Fractions, proportions and rates -- Risk and odds -- Ratios of risks and odds -- pt. VI. Analysing the data: estimation and hypothesis testing. Confidence intervals for means, proportions, and medians -- Confidence intervals for ratios -- Testing hypotheses -- the p-value -- pt. VII. Analysing the data: multivariable methods. Measuring association -- Measuring agreement -- The linear regression model -- The logistic regression model -- Systematic review and meta-analysis -- Measuring survival -- pt. VIII. Reading between the lines: how authors use text, tables and pictures to tell you what they've done. Results in text and tables -- Results in pictures -- The discussion and the conclusions.
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"An invaluable reference for those students taking courses in visual neuroscience, it will also be of interest to those working on the human visual system and human visual perception including ophthalmologists and neurologists."--Jacket.
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Journalism, Medical.
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Medical literature.
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Medical writing.
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44.04 teaching, profession and organizations of medicine.
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Journalism, Medical.
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Klinische Medizin
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Medical literature.
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Medical writing.
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Wissenschaftliches Manuskript
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Journalism, Medical.
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Critical thinking.
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Interpretation.
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Medicine.
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Scientific publications.
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Reading.
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Writing.
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| Dewey Classification
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808/.06661
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R118.6.B69 2006
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2006 G-843
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WZ 345B786u 2006
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44.04bcl
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AA6ccmedlit
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W 20.5sdnb
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XC 1611rvk
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House, Allan.
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Owens, David,1954-
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