This book has been prepared to help psychiatrists expand their
knowledge of statistical methods and fills the gaps in their
applications as well as introduces data analysis software. The book
emphasizes the classification of fundamental statistical methods in
psychiatry research that are precise and simple. Professionals in
the field of mental health and allied subjects without any
mathematical background can easily understand all the relevant
statistical methods and carry out the analysis and interpret the
results in their respective fields without consulting a
statistician.
The sequence of the chapters, the sections within the chapters,
the subsections within the sections, and the points within the
subsections have all been arranged to help professionals in
classification refine their knowledge in statistical methods and
fill the gaps, if any.
Emphasizing simplicity, the fundamental statistical methods are
demonstrated by means of arithmetical examples that may be reworked
with pencil and paper in a matter of minutes. The results of the
rework have to be checked by using SPSS, and in this way
professionals are introduced to this psychiatrist-friendly data
analysis software.
Topics covered include:
An overview of psychiatry research
The organization and collection of data
Descriptive statistics
The basis of statistical inference
Tests of significance
Correlational data analysis
Multivariate data analysis
Meta-analysis
Reporting the results
Statistical software
The language of the book is very simple and covers all aspects
of statistical methods starting from organization and collection of
data to descriptive statistics, statistical inference, multivariate
analysis, and meta-analysis. Two chapters on computer applications
deal with the most popular data analysis software: SPSS.
The book will be very valuable to professionals and
post-graduate students in psychiatry and allied fields, such as
psychiatric social work, clinical psychology, psychiatric nursing,
and mental health education and administration.
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