Medical Statistics For Beginners
This book deals with statistics in medicine in a simple way. The text is supported by abundant examples from medical data. This book aims to explain and simplify the process of data presentation. Further aspects addressed include how to design and conduct
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Medical Statistics For Beginners
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Medical Statistics
Ramakrishna HK
Medical Statistics For Beginners
Ramakrishna HK Subbaiah Institute of Medical Sciences Shivamogga Karnataka India
ISBN 978-981-10-1922-7 ISBN 978-981-10-1923-4 DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-1923-4
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This book is dedicated To my parents Keshavamurthy and Bhagyalakshmi, who taught me elementary knowledge of how to handle numbers, To my wife Dr. Swarnalatha MC, who gave valuable suggestions, is a constant source of encouragement, and tolerated my odd working hours, To my children Manu and Ajay, who made my life worth living.
Foreword
I feel privileged to write this foreword to the book on Medical Statistics for Beginners by Dr. H. K. Ramakrishna. His introduction to the book, sharing his personal experience and journey as an author, is a “must read.” Today, the world is really flat—one’s effort is the only limiting factor. Dr. Ramakrishna has shown what can be done with focused effort. Where you come from and what your official designation is are completely irrelevant, as far as accomplishments are concerned. Dr Ramakrishna deserves high praise for this work and he should be taken as a “role model” by all surgeons. Statistics is considered a “dry” subject. But it is essential for us to understand at least the basics of statistics to function well as surgeons. This book meets this requirement. The language is simple. The approach is direct and practical. All the principles are explained in a succinct manner. One can see from the screenshots that everything is worked out using basic computer tools t
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