The
Royal Statistical Society:
The Society provides a forum for all who are interested in statistics. It has
over 7200 members, and has its headquarters located in London.
American
Statistical Association:
The American Statistical Association (ASA) is a scientific and educational
society founded in 1839 with the following mission: To promote excellence in the
application of statistical science across the wealth of human endeavor.
International
Statistical Institute:
The Institute was established in 1885 and is an autonomous society, which seeks
to develop and improve statistical methods and their application through the
promotion of international activity and co-operation.
Statisticians in the Pharmaceutical Industry: PSI is a non-profit organisation formed in 1977, which provides a forum for regular discussion of statistics and matters relating to the practice of statistics in the pharmaceutical industry, as well as promoting Good Statistical Practice within the industry.
Medical
Journals
Free Medical Journals:
This site provides a list of medical journals that are available on-line free of
charge.
American
College of Physicians
New
England Journal of Medicine
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for other Medical Journals here: MEDLINE
SEARCH
American
Journal of Epidemiology
International
Journal of Epidemiology
Journal
of Clinical Epidemiology
Journal
of Epidemiology and Community Health
Journal
of Public Health Medicine
Morbidity
& Mortality Weekly Report
Weekly
Epidemiological Record (from WHO)
Free
Medical Textbooks:
Here is a selection of free medical textbooks that you would find useful.
These
are statistical textbooks that have applications on medical research:
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Balakrishnan,
N. & Koutras, Markos V. Runs and Scans with Applications. 2002, John
Wiley & Sons, Inc. 452pp. ISBN: 0-471-24892-4
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Maynard,
Douglas W. Houtkoop-Steenstra, Hanneke Schaeffer, Nora Cate van der Zouwen,
Johannes. Standardization and Tacit Knowledge: Interaction and Practice in
the Survey Interview. 2002, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 540pp. ISBN:
0-471-35829-0
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Cornell,
John. Experiments with Mixtures: Designs, Models, and the Analysis of Mixture
Data. Third Edition. 2002, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 649pp. ISBN:
0-471-39367-3
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Scerbo,
Marge Dickstein, Craig & Wilson, Alan. Health Care Data and the SAS
System. 2001, SAS Institute Inc. 274pp. ISBN: 1-58025-865-4
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Rosenbaum,
Paul R. Observational Studies. Second Edition. 2002, Springer-Verlag New
York, Inc. 375pp. ISBN: 0-387-98967-6
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Cody,
Ron. Longitudinal Data and SAS: A Programmer’s Guide. 2001, SAS
Institute Inc. 174pp. ISBN: 1-58025-924-3
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Le,
Chap T. Health & Numbers: A problems-bases introduction to biostatistics.
Second Edition. 2001, C 366pp. ISBN: 0-471-41661-4
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Hunink,
Myriam & Glasziou, Paul. Decision making in health and medicine:
Integrating evidence and values. 2001, Cambridge University Press. 388pp.
ISBN: 0-521-77029-7
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Miller
III, Charles C. Reardon, Michael J. & Safi, Hazim J. Risk Stratification:
A Practical Guide for Clinicians. 2001, Cambridge University Press. 174pp.
ISBN: 0-521-66945-6
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Glasziou,
Paul Irwig, Les Bain, Chris & Colditz, Graham. Systematic Reviews in
Health Care: A practical guide. 2001, Cambridge University Press. 137pp.
ISBN: 0-521-79962-7
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Leyland,
A. H. Goldstein, H. Multilevel Modelling of Health Statistics. 2001, John
Wiley & Sons, Inc. 217pp. ISBN: 0-471-99890-7
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Raudenbush,
Stephen W. & Bryk, Anthony S. Hierarchical Linear Models: Applications
and data analysis methods. Second Edition. 2002, Sage Publications, Inc.
485pp. ISBN: 0-7619-1904-X
Statistical
Software
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BUGS
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Epi
Info
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MATLAB.
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Minitab.
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MLWin
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SAS.
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S-PLUS
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SPSS
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Stata