Table of Contents

Contributors. Source of Contents. Introduction (Douglas G. Altman, David Machin, Trevor N. Bryant) PART I. ESTIMATION AND CONFIDENCE INTERVALS. 1. Estimating with Confidence (Martin J. Gardner, Douglas G. Altman) 2. Confidence Intervals in Practice (Douglas G. Altman) 3. Confidence Intervals Rather Than P Values (Marin J. Gardner, Douglas G. Altman) 4. Means and Their Differences (Douglas G. Altman, Martin J. Gardner) 5. Medians and Their Differences (Michael J. Campbell, Martin J. Gardner) 6. Proportions and Their Differences (Robert G. Newcombe, Douglas G. Altman) 7. Epidemiological Studies (Julie A Morris, Martin J. Gardner) 8. Regression and Correlation (Douglas G. Altman, Martin J. Gardner) 9. Time to Event Studies (David Machin, Martin J. Gardner) 10. Diagnostic Tests (Douglas G. Altman) 11. Clinical Trials and Meta-Analyses (Douglas G. Altman) 12. Confidence Intervals and Sample Sizes (Leslie E. Daly) 13. Special Topics (Michael J. Campbell, Leslie E. Daly, David Machin) PART II. STATISTICAL GUIDELINES AND CHECKLISTS. 14. Statistical Guidelines for Contributors to Medical Journals (Douglas G. Altman, Sheila M. Gore, Martin J. Gardner, Stuart J. Pocock) 15. Statistical Checklists (Martin J. Gardner, David Machin, Michael J. Campbell, Douglas G. Altman) PART III. NOTATION, SOFTWARE, AND TABLES. 16. Notation (Douglas G. Altman) 17. Computer Software for Calculating Confidence Intervals (CIA) (Trevor N. Bryant) 18. Tables for the Calculation of Confidence Intervals (Martin J. Gardner) Index.

About the Author

Douglas Altman FMedSci was an English statistician best known for his work on improving the reliability and reporting of medical research and for highly cited papers on statistical methodology. David Machin is Professor of Media and Communication at örebro University, Sweden. He has published numerous books and journal papers mostly drawing on linguistic methods.

Reviews

"The great value of this book is that it presents, in an easily understood form, the methods which will be needed in most situations" - Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health "...this is a superb book, full of useful information. ...The book is logically organized into 18 short, highly readable chapters. ...as a teaching tool, it is invaluable...this book is a handy reference to have on one's bookshelf with nearly all confidence interval formulae organized in one place. ...In summary, Statistics with Confidence and the CIA software are resources that every biostatistician could benefit from." TSHS, pp. 4-5