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A Practical Guide to Statistics

The following are a series of chapters from "A Practical Guide to Statistics" by Michael L. Cheatham, MD, FACS, FCCM. These practical and concise monographs will help the reader become adept at designing clinical research studies, performing basic statistical analyses, and appropriately interpreting the medical literature.

• Chapter 1: Basic Statistical Theory
• Chapter 2: Describing and Using Data
• Chapter 3: Common Descriptive Statistics
• Chapter 4: Epidemiologic Tests
• Chapter 5: Analysis of Discrete Variables
• Chapter 6: Analysis of Continuous Variables
• Chapter 7: Multiple Comparisons
• Chapter 8: Correlation and Regression
• Chapter 9: Study Design
• Chapter 10: Study Quality: Interpreting the Literature
• Chapter 11: Abstract and Manuscript Preparation
• Chapter 12: Tables, Charts, and Graphs
• Appendix 1: Analysis of Data from Discrete Variables
• Appendix 2: Analysis of Normally Distributed Continuous Variables
• Appendix 3: Analysis of Non-Normally Distributed Continuous Variables
• Appendix 4: Manuscript Review Guidelines