Statistics from Scratch: An Introduction for Health Care Professionals

This is a down-to-earth, user-friendly guide to elementary statistics, designed specifically to help today?s health care professionals acquire the skills necessary to collect, interpret, describe and present sample data in a clear, unambiguous and focused manner. No previous knowledge?other than simple mathematics?is assumed. Key features Ideal for both students and professionals, in health care and medicine, who are approaching the subject of statistics for the first time, this book presents enough information to carry out basic analytical tasks while also providing a solid foundation on which to build detailed knowledge for more complex work. That?s what you call a measure of spread!