Description
High-Yield™ Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Public Health, Fourth Edition provides a concise review of the biostatistics concepts that are tested in the USMLE Step 1. Information is presented in an easy-to-follow format, with High-Yield Points that help students focus on the most important USMLE Step 1 facts. The High-Yield™ outline format, with tables, diagrams, photographs, and images to clarify important material, provides a concentrated, efficient review for both course exams and the USMLE.
Features
--New chapter covers epidemiology and public health in greater detail
--Memorable examples aid in understanding difficult concepts
--Outline format provides a concentrated, efficient method of studying for both course exams and the USMLE
--Diagrams, photographs and images are included to clarify technical material
--Memorable examples aid in understanding difficult concepts
--Outline format provides a concentrated, efficient method of studying for both course exams and the USMLE
--Diagrams, photographs and images are included to clarify technical material
About the Author(s)
- Anthony N Glaser MD, Ph.D
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Medical University of South Carolina; Private Practice of Family Medicine, Charleston, SC
Specs
- Edition: Fourth
- Product Format: Softbound
- ISBN: 9781451130171
- Trim Size: 7 x 10
- Pages: 168
- Pub Date: Mar 1, 2013
Table of contents
...... Statistical Symbols ...... Preface 1.... Descriptive Statistics       Populations, samples, and elements       Probability       Types of data       Frequency distributions       Measures of central tendency       Measures of variability       Z scores       Exercises 2.... Inferential Statistics       Statistics and parameters       Estimating the mean of a population       Exercises 3.... Hypothesis Testing       Step 1: State the null and alternative hypotheses       Step 2: Select the decision criterion a       Step 3: Establish the critical values       Step 4: Draw a random sample from the population and calculate the mean of that sample       Step 5: Calculate the standard deviation (S) and estimated standard error of the sample (sX_)       Step 6: Calculate the value of t that corresponds to the mean of the sample (tcalc)       Step 7: Compare the calculated value of t with the critical values of t, and then accept or reject the null hypothesis       Z-tests       The meaning of statistical significance       Type I and type II errors       Power of statistical tests       Directional hypotheses       Testing for differences between groups       Analysis of variance (ANOVA)       Nonparametric and distribution-free tests       Exercises 4.... Correlational Techniques       Correlation       Regression       Choosing an appropriate inferential or correlational technique       Exercises 5.... Research Methods       Experimental studies       Nonexperimental studies       Exercises 6.... Statistics in Epidemiology       Rates       Measurement of risk       Exercises 7.... Statistics in Medical Decision Making       Validity       Reliability       Reference values       Sensitivity and specificity       Predictive values       Exercises 8.... Ultra-High-Yield Review ...... Appendix: Exercise Answers ...... References ...... Index
