Chapter 1 Introduction and Basic Concepts
1.1 General 0verview
1.1.1 What Is Medical Statistics
1.1.2 Procedures of Statistics Research
1.2 Basic Conceptions in Statistics
1.2.1 Population and Sample
1.2.2 Homogeneity and Heterogeneity
1.2.3 Parameter and Statistic
1.2.4 Variable and Data
1.2.5 Error
1.2.6 Probability and Relative Frequency
Chapter 2 Descriptive Statistics for Quantitative Data
2.1 Frequency Distribution
2.1.1 Frequency Distribution
2.1.2 Frequency Distribution Table
2.1.3 Histogram and Bar Charts
2.1.4 Uses of a Frequency Distribution
2.2 Normal Distribution
2.2.1 Skewness Coefficient
2.2.2 Coefficient of Kurtosis
2.2.3 Normal Distribution
2.2.4 Standard Normal Distribution
2.2.5 Reference Value
2.3 Measures of Central Tendency
2.3.1 Mean
2.3.2 Geometric Mean
2.3.3 Median
2.3.4 Mode
2.3.5 Choice of Measures of Central Tendency
2.4 Measures of Variation
2.4.1 Range
2.4.2 Inter—quartile Range
2.4.3 Variance
2.4.4 Standard Deviation
2.4.5 Coefficient of Variation
2.4.6 Choice of Measures of Variation
Chapter 3 Descriptive Statistics for Categorical Data
3.1 Absolute Number
3.2 Relative Number
3.2.1 Proportion
3.2.2 Rate
3.2.3 Ratio
3.3 Considerations of the Application of Relative Number
3.4 Standardized Rate
3.5 Binomial and Poisson Distribution
3.5.1 Overview of Binomial Distribution
3.5.2 Characteristics of a Binomial Distribution
3.5.3 Poisson Distribution
3.5.4 Why Is the Poisson Distribution a Special Case of the
Binomial Distribution
