Der G., Everitt B.S. Applied Medical Statistics Using SAS

CRC Press, 2012. — 537 p. — 2nd ed. — ISBN: 1439867976, 9781439867976Written with medical statisticians and medical researchers in mind, this intermediate-level reference explores the use of SAS for analyzing medical data. covers the whole range of modern statistical methods used in the analysis of medical data, including regression, analysis of variance and covariance, longitudinal and survival data analysis, missing data, generalized additive models (GAMs), and Bayesian methods. The book focuses on performing these analyses using SAS, the software package of choice for those analysing medical data.FeaturesCovers the planning stage of medical studies in detail; several chapters contain details of sample size estimation
Illustrates methods of randomisation that might be employed for clinical trials
Covers topics that have become of great importance in the 21st century, including Bayesian methods and multiple imputation
Its breadth and depth, coupled with the inclusion of all the SAS code, make this book ideal for practitioners as well as for a graduate class in biostatistics or public health.