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Health and Lifestyle: Separating the Truth from the Myth with Statistics
Brian S. Everitt
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Description for Health and Lifestyle: Separating the Truth from the Myth with Statistics
Paperback. Num Pages: 155 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFMG; MBF; MBNS; PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 238 x 11. Weight in Grams: 280.
The main message of this book is that people should be on their guard against both scare stories about risks to health, and claims for miracle cures of medical conditions. In the 21st century hardly a day passes without another article appearing in the media about a new treatment for a particular disease, new ways of improving our health by changing our lifestyle or new foodstuffs that claim to increase (or decrease) the risk of heart disease, cancer and the like. But how should the general public react to such claims, given that some of the journalists writing them ... Read more
The main message of this book is that people should be on their guard against both scare stories about risks to health, and claims for miracle cures of medical conditions. In the 21st century hardly a day passes without another article appearing in the media about a new treatment for a particular disease, new ways of improving our health by changing our lifestyle or new foodstuffs that claim to increase (or decrease) the risk of heart disease, cancer and the like. But how should the general public react to such claims, given that some of the journalists writing them ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
280g
Number of Pages
155
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9783319425641
SKU
V9783319425641
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About Brian S. Everitt
Professor Everitt is an emeritus professor of King's College, London, having retired in 2004. He is the author of over 70 books on statistics including two previously published by Springer, Chance Rules and An Introduction to Multivariate Analysis with R (jointly authored with Professor Torsten Hothorn). He is also Editor-in-Chief of the journal Statistical Methods in Medical Research (SMMR). In ... Read more
Reviews for Health and Lifestyle: Separating the Truth from the Myth with Statistics
This is a translational book that uses medical stories to demonstrate the application of statistics for clinicians. ... Clinicians at all levels can learn much about statistics just by reading this book without struggling over the theory of the concepts. ... This is a really entertaining book for those who dislike statistics but need to have a better understanding of ... Read more