Published February, 2012
By Sally Kerry, Sandra Eldridge, Richard Grieve, Obioha Ukoumunne and S Eldridge
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (John Wiley & Sons Inc)
Series: Statistics in Practice
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This book addresses the statistical, practical, and ethical issues arising from allocating groups of individuals, or clusters, to different interventions.

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Published November, 2009
By Andrew R. Willan, Simon Eckerman, Hong Chen and Andrew Willan
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley-Blackwell)
Series: Statistics in Practice
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Tests of hypotheses are the predominant methodology used in clinical research decision-making, but numerous published papers have established that tests of hypotheses can lead to suboptimal decisions and advocate the use of Value of Information (VOI) methods, which are based on Bayesian decision theory, instead.

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Published September, 2009
By Stephen J. Walters and SJW Walters
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (John Wiley & Sons Inc)
Series: Statistics in Practice
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An essential, up-to-date guide to the design of studies and selection of the correct QoL instruments for observational studies and clinical trials. Quality of Life (QoL) outcomes or Person/Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) are now frequently being used in randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and observational studies.

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Published May, 2009
By Martijn P.F. Berger, Weng–Kee Wong, Weng-Kee Wong and MPF Berger
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (John Wiley & Sons Inc)
Series: Statistics in Practice
Rating: 4.00
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Introduces optimal experimental design, in an accessible style that means very minimal mathematical background knowledge is needed. Provides guidelines for practitioners to increase the efficiency of their designs, demonstrating how optimal designs can reduce a study's costs and sample sizes.

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Published March, 2009
By Emmanuel Lesaffre, Jocelyne S. Feine, Brian Leroux, Dominique Declerck, Jocelyne Feine and E Lesaffre
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (John Wiley & Sons Inc)
Series: Statistics in Practice
Rating: 5.00
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Written to help readers understand and deal with the statistical complexity of oral health research, Statistical Methods in Oral Health Research discusses the unique features of data arising from oral health research and comments on research methods common to both oral health and biostatistics research.

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Published March, 2007
By Geert Molenberghs, Michael Kenward and G Molenberghs
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (John Wiley & Sons Inc)
Series: Statistics in Practice
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Missing Data in Clinical Studies provides a comprehensive account of the problems arising when data from clinical and related studies are incomplete, and presents the reader with approaches to effectively address them. The text provides a critique of conventional and simple methods before moving on to discuss more advanced approaches.

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Published July, 2006
By Anthony O'Hagan, Caitlin E. Buck, Alireza Daneshkhah, J.Richard Eiser, Paul H. Garthwaite, David J. Jenkinson, Jeremy E. Oakley, Tim Rakow, J. Richard Eiser and A O'Hagan
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (John Wiley & Sons Inc)
Series: Statistics in Practice
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Uncertain Judgments Eliciting Experts' Probabilities presents a range of tried and tested elicitation methods to enable statisticians to get make the most of expert opinion. An elicitation method forms a bridge between an expert's opinion and an expression of these points in a statistically useful form.

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Published July, 2006
By Andrew R. Willan, Andrew H. Briggs and R Willan
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (John Wiley & Sons Inc)
Series: Statistics in Practice
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The statistical analysis of cost-effectiveness data is becoming increasingly important within health and medical research. Statistical Analysis of Cost-Effectiveness Data provides a practical book that synthesises the huge amount of research that has taken place in the area over the last two decades.

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