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Dental statistics made easy.

Summary:

"This essential textbook presents the basics of dental statistics in an accessible way, combining explanation in non-technical language with key messages, practical examples, suggestions for further reading and exercises complete with detailed solutions. There is an emphasis on the principles and application of statistics without the use of algebra. The statistical material is strongly rooted in practical examples drawn from a wide range of journal articles representing both dental health care delivery and clinical dentistry. The perspective is international, with papers drawn from a variety of settings around the world. Many articles are recent and report contemporary developments in dental care."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781498775052 (pbk.)
ISBN: 1498775055 (pbk.)
Physical Description: xiv, 198 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Edition: 3rd ed. / Nigel C. Smeeton.
Publisher: Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, c2017.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"A Chapman & Hall book."
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Planning a study -- Types of study in dental research -- Sampling -- Randomised controlled trials -- Ethical considerations -- The normal distribution -- Diagnostic tests -- Sampling variation -- Introduction to hypothesis tests -- Comparing two means -- Dealing with proportions and categorical data -- Comparing several means -- Regression, correlation and agreement -- Non-normally distributed data -- The choice of sample size -- Evidence based dentistry -- Statistical refereeing.