374 INDEX
nonparametric analysis, 215–224, 226–229
in survival analysis, 319–324
of covariance, 237
normal distribution, see Gaussian distribution
nuisance parameters, 100
numbers needed to treat, 128
Nuremberg code, 40
odds ratio, 38, 127
and Wilcoxon probability, 219
generalized, 180, 219, 229
Mantel–Haenszel pooled, 136
Peto’s pooled, 137
offset variable, 257
one-sided tests, 100, 122
open study, 66
outcome measure, 5
outliers, 78
overdispersion, 304, 355–356
p-value
definition, 6
exploratory, 20
ways to compute, 224–226
parallel group study, 40
parameter estimation, 120
patient expectation, 69
peer review, 5
per protocol (PP) analysis, 76
percentile, 201, 347–348
for bivariate distribution, 183
population, 158
sample, 153
period effect, 229
permutation test, see randomization test
placebo, 68
placebo effect, 68–69
Poisson distribution, 264, 267, 355
definition of, 52
heterogeneous, 304
Poisson process, 52
power, 138–142
calculations, 142
definition, 99
for a risk difference, 142
function, 139
predictable process, 117, 307
predictive probability, 106
predictive value of test, 91
prevalence of a disease, 51
prevalence study, see cross-sectional study
probability, 13–17, 24–27
a priori,26
fiducial, 126, 198
inverse, 113
Kolmogorov’s axioms, 25
subjective, 25
probit model, 257
bivariate, 257
heterogeneity, 261
product-limit estimator, 310
profile likelihood, 333, 353
profiling, 199–202, 214, 260, 333
proportional hazards model, 300, 331–335,
350–351
proportional odds model, 211, 222, 227–229
prosecutor’s fallacy, 94
publication bias, meta-analysis, 79
quartiles, 153
random parameters, 362
random sample, 59
randomization, 39, 61
in blocks, 63
randomization test, 225
rank of an observation, 151, 212
recurrent events, 304–306, 355–359
reference range, 87
refutationism, 2
regression to the mean, 69, 189–192
regression to the mode, 205
relative risk, 127, 131
pooled, 137
representative sampling, 64
rescue medication, 67, 73
responder, 32
response function, 260, 270
restricted maximum likelihood (REML), 353
risk factor, definition, 32
robust variance, 345, 356
ROC curve, 89
rule of succession, 106, 107
sample size calculation, 139, 140, 327
sampling with replacement, 164
sandwich variance, see robust variance
scientific method, 5
score equation, 351
screening test, 90–91
semi-parametric model, see proportional
hazards model