How to Report Statistics in Medicine

How to Report Statistics in Medicine
Author: Thomas Allen Lang
Publisher: ACP Press
Total Pages: 512
Release: 2006
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1930513690

This volume presents a comprehensive and comprehensible set of guidelines for reporting the statistical analyses and research designs and activities commonly used in biomedical research.

Know Your Chances

Know Your Chances
Author: Steven Woloshin
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 154
Release: 2008-11-30
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0520252225

Understanding risk -- Putting risk in perspective -- Risk charts : a way to get perspective -- Judging the benefit of a health intervention -- Not all benefits are equal : understand the outcome -- Consider the downsides -- Do the benefits outweight the downsides? -- Beware of exaggerated importance -- Beware of exaggerated certainty -- Who's behind the numbers?

How to Write, Publish, and Present in the Health Sciences

How to Write, Publish, and Present in the Health Sciences
Author: Thomas Allen Lang
Publisher: ACP Press
Total Pages: 412
Release: 2010
Genre: Editing
ISBN: 1934465593

From the acclaimed author of the standard reference on reporting statistics in medicine, this new resource explains how to create effective scientific articles, research proposals, abstracts, posters, and slide presentations. It describes how to write efficiently and how to prepare tables, charts, graphs, illustrations, and images for publication. A wealth of key concepts, practical information, common mistakes, and helpful tips make this book invaluable.

The Accidental Medical Writer

The Accidental Medical Writer
Author: Brian G. Bass
Publisher: Accidental Medical Writer
Total Pages: 137
Release: 2008
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1601455844

The authors share the benefits of their almost 40 years of experience in establishing careers as freelance medical writers, providing tips for anyone interested in the profession.

A Field Guide for Science Writers

A Field Guide for Science Writers
Author: Deborah Blum
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2006
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0195174992

This guide offers practical tips on science writing - from investigative reporting to pitching ideas to magazine editors. Some of the best known science witers in the US share their hard earned knowledge on how they do their job.

The Complete Guide to Medical Writing

The Complete Guide to Medical Writing
Author: Mark C. Stuart
Publisher: Pharmaceutical Press
Total Pages: 522
Release: 2007
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780853696674

'The Complete Guide to Medical Writing' is intended to consider all aspects of medical/scientific writing in one concise introductory text. It explains how to get published, how to write for a particular audience or in a particular media, what the publishing processes are and what the financial rewards might be.

Statistical Thinking for Non-Statisticians in Drug Regulation

Statistical Thinking for Non-Statisticians in Drug Regulation
Author: Richard Kay
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2014-10-23
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1118470974

Statistical Thinking for Non-Statisticians in Drug Regulation, Second Edition, is a need-to-know guide to understanding statistical methodology, statistical data and results within drug development and clinical trials. It provides non-statisticians working in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries with an accessible introduction to the knowledge they need when working with statistical information and communicating with statisticians. It covers the statistical aspects of design, conduct, analysis and presentation of data from clinical trials in drug regulation and improves the ability to read, understand and critically appraise statistical methodology in papers and reports. As such, it is directly concerned with the day-to-day practice and the regulatory requirements of drug development and clinical trials. Fully conversant with current regulatory requirements, this second edition includes five new chapters covering Bayesian statistics, adaptive designs, observational studies, methods for safety analysis and monitoring and statistics for diagnosis. Authored by a respected lecturer and consultant to the pharmaceutical industry, Statistical Thinking for Non-Statisticians in Drug Regulation is an ideal guide for physicians, clinical research scientists, managers and associates, data managers, medical writers, regulatory personnel and for all non-statisticians working and learning within the pharmaceutical industry.