Statistics and Research Methods for Acute Care and General Surgeons

The main aim of this book is to offer an easy tool to read a scientific article with greater awareness, to understand and evaluate it more thoroughly, and to better plan research. Today, in the era of evidence-based medicine, both research and daily patient-focused clinical practice are no longer po...

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Other Authors: Ceresoli, Marco (Editor), Abu-Zidan, Fikri M. (Editor), Staudenmayer, Kristan L. (Editor), Catena, Fausto (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
Series:Hot Topics in Acute Care Surgery and Trauma
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Part I) Designing Your Research
  • 1) Study Typology: An Overview
  • 2) Diagnostic Studies Made Easy
  • 3) Common Pitfalls in Research Design and Its Reporting
  • Part II) Basic Statistical Analysis
  • 4) Introduction to Statistical Method: Hypothesis, Aim, Errors, p-value, Bias
  • 5) Analyzing Continuous Variables: Descriptive Statistics, Dispersion and Comparison
  • 6) Analyzing Categorical Variable: Descriptive Statistics and Comparisons
  • Part III) Advanced Statistics
  • 7) Multiple Regressions
  • 8) Survival Analyses of Surgical Data in Practice: How to Survive
  • 9) Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis
  • 10) Randomized Trials and Case Control Matching Techniques
  • 11) Difference-in-Difference Techniques and Causal Inference
  • 12) An Introduction to Machine Learning Based Predictive Modeling Methods for Acute Care and General Surgeons
  • 13) Statistical Editor's Practical Advice for Data Analysis