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Biostatistics in Clinical Trials
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British Journal of Biomedical Science
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January 1, 2003
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Copyright informationCopyright Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd. 2003. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Biostatistics in Clinical Trials C. Redmond, T. Colton. Chichester: John Wiley, 2001. ISBN 0 471 82211 6. 501 pp. L175.
This hard-backed book forms part of the Wiley reference series in biostatistics and is laid out in dictionary format. Forming part of a reference series, it is just that - a reference text. The question is whether it is useful to a particular audience or not. It is an encyclopaedia of biostatistics, specifically in relation to clinical trials.
Topics/issues, while covered succinctly, are clear and comprehensive. Some good examples of this include the issue of sample size, randomisation, blinding, missing values, equivalence trials and prevention trials. Each topic is ...