Biomedical Bestiary: An Epidemiologic Guide to Flaws and Fallacies in the Medical LiteratureIt's hard to find a syllabus for an epidemiology class that doesn't reference the Biomedical Bestiary. Long out of print, it is still the best survey of the statistical errors that mark the biomedical field. Wittily and breezily written, it still manages to get it's point across, even if your last statistics class was a very long time ago. If you design, participate in, interpret the results of, or are otherwise impacted by biomedical studies, you should have a copy of this book. |
Contents
An Overview of Study Designs | 3 |
A GUIDE TO THE BEASTS AND THEIR HAUNTS | 11 |
THE BEASTS | 13 |
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accuracy alcohol analysis apparent association authors average beasts bias Blind cancer case-control study cause clinical cohort compared conclusions confounding DEFINITION diabetes diagnostic test difference discussion disease diverticulitis drug ecologic effect Engl epidemiologic evaluation examination example experience exposure factors Fallacy Figure finding FNPS given Hawthorne Effect Health hemorrhoids hospital identified important improved incidence increase individuals interest Intern interpretation known labor levels living lung matched mean measurements Medicine methods months mortality negative neighborhood observed occurred original patients PDLD percent persons physicians population positive positive predictive value possible present prevalence probability problem questions rates READING records REFERENCE regression relationship residents response risk sample scan scores selected selection bias sensitivity showed shown smoking specificity statistically significant subjects SUGGESTED Table treatment trial usually variability warts women workers