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Medical Illuminations Using Evidence, Visualization and Statistical Thinking to Improve Healthcare

Wainer Howard
Innbundet / 2013 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780199668793
Publisert
2013
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
476 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
169 mm
Dybde
16 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
192

Forfatter
Wainer Howard

Om bidragsyterne

Howard Wainer is a statistician and author; Medical Illuminations is his 20th book. His first two medical books (technical works in pediatrics) were published almost 40 years ago. He has been working primarily on medical topics since 2001 as the Distinguished Research Scientist of the National Board of Medical Examiners. At various times in his career he has taught at Princeton, The University of Chicago and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He has a PhD from Princeton and is a fellow in the American Statistical Association and the American Educational Research Association. He has been the recipient of many awards for his broad ranging research and has served internationally on many editorial boards of leading statistical journals as well as a consultant to both government and industry. He has also written a column in the magazine Chance for the past 24 years.

Medical Illuminations Using Evidence, Visualization and Statistical Thinking to Improve Healthcare

Wainer Howard
Innbundet / 2013 / Engelsk
Wainer Howard
Innbundet / 2013 / Engelsk
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In science, information without understanding can be useless and even harmful. Science requires a depth of understanding. To assist this understanding, data must be accurate, lucid and comprehensible. Dr. Wainer has done an extraordinary job of explaining this reality. Medical Illuminations is well written, insightful and thought provoking. It is filled with evocative stories and examples that are memorable, forcing one to think critically. In addition to the book's important message and examples, I would also recommend this book because it is a pleasure to read. Medical Illuminations is an important work that puts the data used to explain much of medical science in a realistic and important context. In a word, this work is - brilliant!

Christopher W. Hansen, President of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network

On the journey from factual knowledge to conceptual understanding, Howard Wainer is an able guide and a most amiable companion.

Joseph Bernstein, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Veterans' Hospital Philadelphia

His sensitivities are well aligned with the huge upswing in interest in these topics, but once again he leads the way with fresh ideas, compelling examples, wise generalizations, and clever phrases.

Ben Schneiderman, Science

Is it sensible to screen for breast or prostate cancer? Should the locations of cancer clusters be made available to the general public? When a doctor wants to perform major surgery and there's no chance for a second opinion, do you agree? The answers to these questions are not as black and white as they may first appear. Medical Illuminations presents thirteen contemporary medical topics, from the diminishing value of mammograms to how to decide if a hip needs to be replaced, to understanding cancer maps. In each case it illustrates how modern tools of statistical thinking and statistical graphics can illuminate our understanding. The goals are to solve some vexing problems that seem perplexing, and to make both the problems and their solutions clear to a non-technical audience. The aim is to ignite in the reader an understanding of statistical thinking, which, though subtle, can be learned without going through arcane mathematics. And, moreover, that learning about how to think in this way provides a huge payoff in the deeper understanding of our complex world.
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Thirteen contemporary medical topics are used to illustrate how modern tools of statistical thinking and statistical graphics can illuminate them. The book aims to solve some vexing problems that seem perplexing, and make the problems and their solutions clear for the general reader in order to gain a greater understanding of our complex world.
Les mer
SECTION I - COMMUNICATING WITH THE PUBLIC ; SECTION II - SOME ADVANCES ; SECTION III - ANOTHER HINDRANCE TO PROGRESS
`In science, information without understanding can be useless and even harmful. Science requires a depth of understanding. To assist this understanding, data must be accurate, lucid and comprehensible. Dr. Wainer has done an extraordinary job of explaining this reality. Medical Illuminations is well written, insightful and thought provoking. It is filled with evocative stories and examples that are memorable, forcing one to think critically. In addition to the book's important message and examples, I would also recommend this book because it is a pleasure to read. Medical Illuminations is an important work that puts the data used to explain much of medical science in a realistic and important context. In a word, this work is - brilliant!' Christopher W. Hansen, President of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network `On the journey from factual knowledge to conceptual understanding, Howard Wainer is an able guide and a most amiable companion. ' Joseph Bernstein, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Veterans' Hospital Philadelphia `His sensitivities are well aligned with the huge upswing in interest in these topics, but once again he leads the way with fresh ideas, compelling examples, wise generalizations, and clever phrases.' Ben Schneiderman, Science
Les mer
Helps demystiy the medical information that is so often confusingly presented in the media Focuses on real life examples supported by illustrations Shows how important the proper display of data can be to developing an understanding of the data Demonstrates how we can apply pharmaceutical and engineering methods to medical treatments Helps the reader to understand the limits of psychiatric science Contains full colour throughout, including over 30 colour figures
Les mer
Howard Wainer is a statistician and author; Medical Illuminations is his 20th book. His first two medical books (technical works in pediatrics) were published almost 40 years ago. He has been working primarily on medical topics since 2001 as the Distinguished Research Scientist of the National Board of Medical Examiners. At various times in his career he has taught at Princeton, The University of Chicago and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He has a PhD from Princeton and is a fellow in the American Statistical Association and the American Educational Research Association. He has been the recipient of many awards for his broad ranging research and has served internationally on many editorial boards of leading statistical journals as well as a consultant to both government and industry. He has also written a column in the magazine Chance for the past 24 years.
Les mer
Helps demystiy the medical information that is so often confusingly presented in the media Focuses on real life examples supported by illustrations Shows how important the proper display of data can be to developing an understanding of the data Demonstrates how we can apply pharmaceutical and engineering methods to medical treatments Helps the reader to understand the limits of psychiatric science Contains full colour throughout, including over 30 colour figures
Les mer

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In science, information without understanding can be useless and even harmful. Science requires a depth of understanding. To assist this understanding, data must be accurate, lucid and comprehensible. Dr. Wainer has done an extraordinary job of explaining this reality. Medical Illuminations is well written, insightful and thought provoking. It is filled with evocative stories and examples that are memorable, forcing one to think critically. In addition to the book's important message and examples, I would also recommend this book because it is a pleasure to read. Medical Illuminations is an important work that puts the data used to explain much of medical science in a realistic and important context. In a word, this work is - brilliant!

Christopher W. Hansen, President of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network

On the journey from factual knowledge to conceptual understanding, Howard Wainer is an able guide and a most amiable companion.

Joseph Bernstein, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Veterans' Hospital Philadelphia

His sensitivities are well aligned with the huge upswing in interest in these topics, but once again he leads the way with fresh ideas, compelling examples, wise generalizations, and clever phrases.

Ben Schneiderman, Science

Is it sensible to screen for breast or prostate cancer? Should the locations of cancer clusters be made available to the general public? When a doctor wants to perform major surgery and there's no chance for a second opinion, do you agree? The answers to these questions are not as black and white as they may first appear. Medical Illuminations presents thirteen contemporary medical topics, from the diminishing value of mammograms to how to decide if a hip needs to be replaced, to understanding cancer maps. In each case it illustrates how modern tools of statistical thinking and statistical graphics can illuminate our understanding. The goals are to solve some vexing problems that seem perplexing, and to make both the problems and their solutions clear to a non-technical audience. The aim is to ignite in the reader an understanding of statistical thinking, which, though subtle, can be learned without going through arcane mathematics. And, moreover, that learning about how to think in this way provides a huge payoff in the deeper understanding of our complex world.
Les mer
Thirteen contemporary medical topics are used to illustrate how modern tools of statistical thinking and statistical graphics can illuminate them. The book aims to solve some vexing problems that seem perplexing, and make the problems and their solutions clear for the general reader in order to gain a greater understanding of our complex world.
Les mer
SECTION I - COMMUNICATING WITH THE PUBLIC ; SECTION II - SOME ADVANCES ; SECTION III - ANOTHER HINDRANCE TO PROGRESS
`In science, information without understanding can be useless and even harmful. Science requires a depth of understanding. To assist this understanding, data must be accurate, lucid and comprehensible. Dr. Wainer has done an extraordinary job of explaining this reality. Medical Illuminations is well written, insightful and thought provoking. It is filled with evocative stories and examples that are memorable, forcing one to think critically. In addition to the book's important message and examples, I would also recommend this book because it is a pleasure to read. Medical Illuminations is an important work that puts the data used to explain much of medical science in a realistic and important context. In a word, this work is - brilliant!' Christopher W. Hansen, President of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network `On the journey from factual knowledge to conceptual understanding, Howard Wainer is an able guide and a most amiable companion. ' Joseph Bernstein, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Veterans' Hospital Philadelphia `His sensitivities are well aligned with the huge upswing in interest in these topics, but once again he leads the way with fresh ideas, compelling examples, wise generalizations, and clever phrases.' Ben Schneiderman, Science
Les mer
Helps demystiy the medical information that is so often confusingly presented in the media Focuses on real life examples supported by illustrations Shows how important the proper display of data can be to developing an understanding of the data Demonstrates how we can apply pharmaceutical and engineering methods to medical treatments Helps the reader to understand the limits of psychiatric science Contains full colour throughout, including over 30 colour figures
Les mer
Howard Wainer is a statistician and author; Medical Illuminations is his 20th book. His first two medical books (technical works in pediatrics) were published almost 40 years ago. He has been working primarily on medical topics since 2001 as the Distinguished Research Scientist of the National Board of Medical Examiners. At various times in his career he has taught at Princeton, The University of Chicago and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He has a PhD from Princeton and is a fellow in the American Statistical Association and the American Educational Research Association. He has been the recipient of many awards for his broad ranging research and has served internationally on many editorial boards of leading statistical journals as well as a consultant to both government and industry. He has also written a column in the magazine Chance for the past 24 years.
Les mer
Helps demystiy the medical information that is so often confusingly presented in the media Focuses on real life examples supported by illustrations Shows how important the proper display of data can be to developing an understanding of the data Demonstrates how we can apply pharmaceutical and engineering methods to medical treatments Helps the reader to understand the limits of psychiatric science Contains full colour throughout, including over 30 colour figures
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780199668793
Publisert
2013
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
476 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
169 mm
Dybde
16 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
192

Forfatter
Wainer Howard

Om bidragsyterne

Howard Wainer is a statistician and author; Medical Illuminations is his 20th book. His first two medical books (technical works in pediatrics) were published almost 40 years ago. He has been working primarily on medical topics since 2001 as the Distinguished Research Scientist of the National Board of Medical Examiners. At various times in his career he has taught at Princeton, The University of Chicago and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He has a PhD from Princeton and is a fellow in the American Statistical Association and the American Educational Research Association. He has been the recipient of many awards for his broad ranging research and has served internationally on many editorial boards of leading statistical journals as well as a consultant to both government and industry. He has also written a column in the magazine Chance for the past 24 years.

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