Blackwell Publishing is delighted to announce that this book has been Highly Commended in the
2004 BMA Medical Book Competition. Here is the judges' summary of this book: This is a
technical book on a technical subject but presented in a delightful way. There are many books
on statistics for doctors but there are few that are excellent and this is certainly one of
them. Statistics is not an easy subject to teach or write about. The authors have succeeded in
producing a book that is as good as it can get. For the keen student who does not want a book
for mathematicians this is an excellent first book on medical statistics. Essential Medical
Statistics is a classic amongst medical statisticians. An introductory textbook it presents
statistics with a clarity and logic that demystifies the subject while providing a
comprehensive coverage of advanced as well as basic methods. The second edition of Essential
Medical Statistics has been comprehensively revised and updated to include modern statistical
methods and modern approaches to statistical analysis while retaining the approachable and
non-mathematical style of the first edition. The book now includes full coverage of the most
commonly used regression models multiple linear regression logistic regression Poisson
regression and Cox regression as well as a chapter on general issues in regression modelling.
In addition new chapters introduce more advanced topics such as meta-analysis likelihood
bootstrapping and robust standard errors and analysis of clustered data. Aimed at students of
medical statistics medical researchers public health practitioners and practising clinicians
using statistics in their daily work the book is designed as both a teaching and a reference
text. The format of the book is clear with highlighted formulae and worked examples so that
all concepts are presented in a simple practical and easy-to-understand way. The second
edition enhances the emphasis on choice of appropriate methods with new chapters on strategies
for analysis and measures of association and impact. Essential Medical Statistics is supported
by a web site at www.blackwellpublishing.com essentialmedstats. This useful online resource
provides statistical datasets to download as well as sample chapters and future updates.
