I've always liked "How to Read a Paper" by Trisha Greenhalgh. Also, "Understanding Medical Research" by Jane Garb and "Critical Evaluation of Research in Physical Rehabilitation" by A Helewa and J Walker.
SR Millis Scheltema, Karen wrote: >I've tried searching the archives, but the search engine is driving me nuts. I told >it to search for medical statistics book and it gave me just about every posting on >the planet. I tried putting the keyword "and" in there, and that didn't work; it >just simply looked for any posting with the word "and". If anybody knows how I can >search the archives and enforce and "and" condition, please let me know. > >Alternatively, if anyone has any book suggestions, send them my way. Thanks! > >Karen > >Karen Scheltema, M.A., M.S. >HealthEast >Research and Education >1700 University Ave W >St. Paul, MN 55104 >(651) 232-5212 (ph) (651) 641-0683 (f) >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Jill Binker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 3:04 PM >To: Scheltema, Karen >Subject: Re: Reading medical statistics > > >Did you look in the archives? > > > >>================================================================= >>Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the >>problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: >>. http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . >> >> > > > > >>I remember seeing a thread about this not too long ago, but I didn't save >>the e-mails. Does anyone have any recommendations for books aimed at >>physicians to help them critically read the methods and results section of >>the published literature? >> >>Karen >> >>Karen Scheltema, M.A., M.S. >>HealthEast >>Research and Education >>1700 University Ave W >>St. Paul, MN 55104 >>(651) 232-5212 (ph) (651) 641-0683 (f) >>mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>. >>. >>================================================================= >>Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the >>problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: >>. http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . >>================================================================= >> >> > >. >. >================================================================= >Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the >problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: >. http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . >================================================================= > > > . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
