Selected statistical literature

Recommended literature on (medical) statistics

  • Altman DG (1980) Statistics and ethics in medical research. VI - Presentation of results. British Medical Journal, 281, 1542-1544. [Abstract]
  • Altman DG, Gardner MJ (1988) Calculating confidence intervals for regression and correlation. British Medical Journal, 296, 1238-1242. [Abstract]
  • Altman DG, Gore SM, Gardner MJ, Pocock SJ (1983) Statistical guidelines for contributors to medical journals. British Medical Journal, 286, 1489-1493. [Abstract]
  • Bland JM, Altman DG (1986) Statistical method for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement. The Lancet, i, 307-310. [Abstract]
  • Bland JM, Altman DG (1999) Measuring agreement in method comparison studies. Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 8, 135-160. [Abstract]
  • Bulpitt CJ (1987) Confidence intervals. The Lancet, i, 494-497. [Abstract]
  • Campbell MJ, Gardner MJ (1988) Calculating confidence intervals for some non-parametric analyses. British Medical Journal, 296, 1454-1456. [Abstract]
  • Gardner MJ, Altman DG (1986) Confidence intervals rather than P values: estimation rather than hypothesis testing. British Medical Journal, 292, 746-750. [Abstract]
  • Hanneman SK (2008) Design, analysis, and interpretation of method-comparison studies. AACN Advanced Critical Care, 19, 223-234.
  • Krouwer JS, Monti KL (1995) A simple, graphical method to evaluate laboratory assays. Eur J Clin Chem Clin Biochem, 33:525-527. [Abstract]
  • Matthews JN, Altman DG, Campbell MJ, Royston P (1990) Analysis of serial measurements in medical research. Britisch Medical Journal, 300, 230-235. [Abstract]
  • McGill R, Tukey JW, Larsen WA (1978) Variations of box plots. The American Statistician, 32, 12-16.
  • Moses LE (1987) Graphical methods in statistical analysis. Annual Review of Public Health, 8, 309-353. [Abstract]
  • Petrie A, Bulman JS, Osborn JF (2003) Further statistics in dentistry. Part 8: systematic reviews and meta-analysis. British Dental Journal, 194:73-78. [Abstract]