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Clinical Statistics: Introducing Clinical Trials, Survival Analysis, and Longitudinal Data Analysis

Author(s): Olga Korosteleva, California State University, Long Beach, California
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763758509
  • Spiral/paperback    120 pages      © 2009
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Overview

Clinical Statistics: Introducing Clinical Trials, Survival Analysis, and Longitudinal Data Analysis provides the mathematical background necessary for students preparing for a career as a statistician in the biomedical field. The manual explains the steps a clinical statistician must take in clinical trials from protocol writing to subject randomization, to data monitoring, and on to writing a final report to the FDA.  

All of the necessary fundamentals of statistical analysis: survival and longitudinal data analysis are included. SAS procedures are explained with simple examples and the mathematics behind these procedures are covered in detail. Complete codes are given for every example found in the text. The exercises featured throughout the guide are both theoretical and applied making it appropriate for those moving on to different clinical settings. Students will find Clinical Statistics to be a handy lab reference for coursework and in their future careers.

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Uses the statistical software SAS, the most popular software packaged for data analysis in clinical biological research. 

Includes complete source code.

This text is a resource that students will look to for years to come as a quick lab reference.

Includes nearly 50 exercises that enhance comprehension of key material. 

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Preface  
Chapter 1  Conducting Clinical Trials
Chapter 2  Implementation of Statistics in Clinical Trials
Chapter 3  Introduction to Survival Analysis
Chapter 4  Introduction to Longitudinal Data Analysis
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Olga Korosteleva-California State University, Long Beach, California

Olga Korosteleva received her Ph.D. in Statistics from Purdue University in 2002. After graduation, she accepted a tenure-track position in the department of Mathematics and Statistics at California State University, Long Beach. For several years she had been consulting as a clinical statistician for a biotechnology company.

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ShowAppropriate Courses

Appropriate for the upper-level undergraduate or graduate course in Statistics for Clinical Research, Statistics for the Analysis of Medical Data, Introduction to Clinical Statistics, Statistical Analysis of Clinical Trials.

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