Basic Statistical Techniques for Medical and Other Professionals : A Course in Statistics to Assist in Interpreting Numerical Data

Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Why One Needs Statistical Techniques -- Variables and Attributes -- Spread of a Variable -- Correlation -- Taking Samples -- Very Large and Very Small Numbers -- Chapter 2. Probability and Its Rules -- Empirical versus À Priori -- Combining Probabilities -- Mutually Exclusive Events -- Conditional Probabilities -- Given a Positive Test -- Given a Negative Test -- Comparison of the Two Outcomes -- Chapter 3. Dealing with Variables