Reading list: statistics

Books

• Bland,M. 2000. An introduction to medical statistics. 3rd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 405pp.
• Dawson,B. and Trapp,R.G. 2004: Basic and clinical biostatistics. 4th edition, Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill, New York 438pp. (excellent readable introduction to applied statistics)
• Kirkwood, B. and Sterne, J. 2003: Essential Medical Statistics. 2nd edition, Wiley-Blackwell
• Moore,D.S. and McCabe,G.P. 2002. Introduction to the practice of statistics. 4th edition. W.H. Freeman. (probably one of the most popular statistics texts around the world; can be used together with Moore's excellent video series "Against all odds")

Online publications

• Dallal,G.E. The Little Handbook of Statistical Practice.

(includes sample size calculators; focus on study design)

• DAU STAT REFRESHER MODULE. Center for the New Engineer, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
• Greenhalgh,T. et al: Series of papers in British Medical Journal entitled 'How to read a paper'
• Hopkins, W. G. (1997). A new view of statistics. Internet Society for Sport Science (comprehensive electronic statistics book)
• Electronic Statistics Textbook from StatSoft
• InStat Guide for choosing and interpreting statistical tests
• Prism Guide to Interpreting statistical results
• HyperStat Online - online statistics textbook
• Swinscow,T.D.V. 1997: Statistics at Square One. BMJ Publishing Group (Revised by M J Campbell, University of Southampton).

Web Links

• Annotated Bibliography of Articles for Statistics Users