Presenting Medical Statistics from Proposal to Publication

Second Edition

Janet L. Peacock, Sally M. Kerry, and Raymond R. Balise

Covers the whole research process from proposal, through ethical approval, analysis, writing up and publication, guiding readers on how to present medical statistics clearly and accurately
Shows how to do, and how to report statistical analyses by using practical examples from real research to illustrate key points to the reader
Helpful tips, information boxes, and many figures aid learning with thorough explanations and references for all statistical methods used

New to this Edition:

Compatible for use with a range of statistical programs: SAS, STATA, R, and SPSS with code and datasets for all analyses shown in the book on our website (http://medical-statistics.info)
New chapter shows how to present a meta-analysis

Presenting Medical Statistics from Proposal to Publication

Second Edition

Janet L. Peacock, Sally M. Kerry, and Raymond R. Balise

Description

As many medical and healthcare researchers have a love-hate relationship with statistics, the second edition of this practical reference book may make all the difference. Using practical examples, mainly from the authors' own research, the book explains how to make sense of statistics, turn statistical computer output into coherent information, and help decide which pieces of information to report and how to present them.

The book takes you through all the stages of the research process, from the initial research proposal, through ethical approval and data analysis, to reporting on and publishing the findings. Helpful tips and information boxes, offer clear guidance throughout, including easily followed instructions on how to:
-develop a quantitative research proposal for ethical/institutional approval or research funding
-write up the statistical aspects of a paper for publication
-choose and perform simple and more advanced statistical analyses
-describe the statistical methods and present the results of an analysis.

This new edition covers a wider range of statistical programs - SAS, STATA, R, and SPSS, and shows the commands needed to obtain the analyses and how to present it, whichever program you are using. Each specific example is annotated to indicate other scenarios that can be analysed using the same methods, allowing you to easily transpose the knowledge gained from the book to your own research. The principles of good presentation are also covered in detail, from translating relevant results into suitable extracts, through to randomised controlled trials, and how to present a meta-analysis. An added ingredient is the inclusion of code and datasets for all analyses shown in the book on our website (http://medical-statistics.info).

Written by three experienced biostatisticians based in the UK and US, this is a step-by-step guide that will be invaluable to researchers and postgraduate students in medicine, those working in the professions allied to medicine, and statisticians in consultancy roles.

Presenting Medical Statistics from Proposal to Publication

Second Edition

Janet L. Peacock, Sally M. Kerry, and Raymond R. Balise

1:Introduction
2:Introduction to the research process
3:Writing a research protocol
4:Writing Up a research study
5:Introduction to presenting statistical analyses
6:Single group studies
7:Comparing two groups
8:Analysing matched or paired data
9:Analysing relationshipsbetween variables
10:Multifactorial analyses
11:Survival analysis
12:Presenting a randomized controlled trial
13:Presenting a meta-analysis

Presenting Medical Statistics from Proposal to Publication

Second Edition

Janet L. Peacock, Sally M. Kerry, and Raymond R. Balise

Author Information

Janet L. Peacock, Professor of Medical Statistics, Division of Health and Social Care Research, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, UK, Sally M. Kerry, Reader in Medical Statistics, Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, UK, and Raymond R. Balise, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Biostatistics, University of Miami, USA; and Stanford Cancer Institute and Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford, USA

Presenting Medical Statistics from Proposal to Publication

Second Edition

Janet L. Peacock, Sally M. Kerry, and Raymond R. Balise

Reviews and Awards

"Featured on Doody's Core Titles List for 2018"

"The book is a practical guideline, supported by examples, on the proper presentation of statistical results... overall it is a useful book both for self-directed training, and as an accompaniment to a course dedicated to healthcare researchers." - Sorana D. Bolboacă, International Society for Clinical Biostatistics Newsletter