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Dental statistics made easy.
"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. |
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| Subject: | Biometry. Dentistry > Statistical methods. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Vancouver Community College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Downtown Library | RK 52.45 S64 2017 (Text) | 33109010291508 | Stacks | Volume hold | Available | - |
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This text outlines the basics of dental statistics using nontechnical language and emphasizing principles and application of statistics without the use of algebra, instead using published dental studies and examples for illustration. After discussion of why familiarity with dental statistics is important, chapters review study design, including pilot studies, public and patient involvement in research, ethical considerations, common types of design, and methods of sampling; normal distribution, diagnostic testing, and the concept of sampling variation; analysis of dental data, with an emphasis on the use of null hypotheses and the interpretation of confidence intervals; how a review of the dental literature can be applied to modify everyday dental practice; and the process of developing a dental paper from the drafting of a report to publication in a journal. No previous knowledge of statistics is assumed. This edition has a new chapter on evidence-based dentistry, with discussion of systematic reviews, meta-analysis, and publications in languages other than English; expanded and updated example articles, including more international ones; more on pilot studies; focus on the assumption of independence of observations required for most basic statistical techniques; discussion of retrospective and prospective designs of cohort studies and cluster randomized trials; and modified examples. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
