Chapter 1 Introduction to Medical Statistics 1.1 The definition of medical statistics 1.2 Variables and types of data 1.3 Probabilities 1.4 Populations and samples 1.5 Steps of statistical work Chapter 2 Study Design,Sample Size Estimation and Selection of Statistical Method 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Design of observational studies 2.3 Design of experimental studies 2.4 Sample size 2.5 Selection of statistical methods Chapter 3 Statistical Tables and Graphs 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Structures and types of tables 3.3 Basic rules and recommendations for tables 3.4 Making tables using SPSS 3.5 Basic rules and recommendations for graphs 3.6 Types of commonly used charts Chapter 4 Descriptive Statistics of Continuous Variables 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Distribution 4.3 Measures of location 4.4 Measures of variation 4.5 Normal distribution 4.6 Application Chapter 5 Description of Categorical Variables 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Ratio,frequency and intensity 5.3 Crude death rate and standardization Chapter 6 Inferential Statistics—Confidence Interval 6.1 Introduction 6.2 t-distribution and binomial distribution 6.3 The central limit theorem 6.4 Confidence interval Chapter 7 Statistics Inferential—t-tests 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Hypothesis testing 7.3 One-sample t-test 7.4 Paired-sample t-test 7.5 Two-sample t-test 7.6 The F-test for equal variances of two groups of data 7.7 Two types of error and power 7.8 Applications Chapter 8 Analysis of Variance 8.1 Introduction 8.2 The basic idea of ANOVA 8.3 One-way analysis of variance 8.4 Mutiple comparisons 8.5 Randomized block design ANOVA 8.6 Application Chapter 9 Chi-square Test 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Two-independent samples Chi-square test 9.3 Paired design Chi-square test 9.4 Chi-square test for RxC table Chapter 10 Nonparametric Statistics 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Wilcoxon's matched pairs test 10.3 Tests of differences between two groups 10.4 Tests of differences between K groups ( independent samples) 10.5 Tests of differences between K groups ( nominal explanatory and ordinal variable) Chapter 11 Correlation and Simple Linear Regression 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Correlation analysis 11.3 Application 11.4 Simple linear regression 11.5 Application Chapter 12 Multiple Linear Regression Analysis 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Multiple linear regression 12.3 Application Chapter 13 Logistic Regression 13.1 Introduction 13.2 logistic regression 13.3 Logistic regression model 13.4 Applications Chapter 14 Survival Analysis 14.1 Basic concepts 14.2 Estimation of survival function 14.3 Comparison of survival curves 14.4 Application Chapter 15 Cox Regression 15.1 Introduction 15.2 Introduction to Cox regeression 15.3 Principles of Cox regression 15.4 Application Appendix Ⅰ Tables of Probability Distributions Appendix Ⅱ Comprehensive Self-Test References