This is an introductory text on how to investigate datasets. It is intended to be a practical text for those who need to research large datasets. Therefore, it does not follow the standard contents... More > for more typical introductory statistics textbooks. When you complete the material, you will be able to work with your data using data visualization and regression in order to make sense of it, and to use your findings to make decisions.
The book makes use of the statistical software, SAS, and its menu system SAS Enterprise Guide. This can be used as a stand alone text, or as a supplementary text to a more standard course.
There are some datasets to accompany this text. ID# 1640751, Data for Exploratory Data Analysis.< Less
This textbook is intended to use in an online course in introductory data analysis. It is intended to be used with medical data available through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. A... More > second textbook is available for students who supply their own data.< Less
Gives SAS code and instructions to preprocess data for analysis of the National Inpatient Sample. It includes extracting subsamples filtered by diagnosis and procedure codes, and combining datasets... More > to compare patient outcomes to hospitals. The book also discusses case matching. The SAS code can be downloaded from lulu.com.< Less
BACKGROUND: Aim of the study is to define the risk factors of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome onset during assisted reproduction treatment using in vitro fertilization technique. Exploratory... More > computer analysis of electronically stored data about assisted reproduction treatment cycles in clinical registry with the use of data mining system. RESULTS: Significantly higher incidence of a clinically important form of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome development was observed among patients under 30 years old who were affected by hyperstimulation syndrome in previous treatment cycles. We can predict a higher risk in patients with oligomenorrhoea and in cases of immunological and andrological sterility factor. Higher incidence of clinically significant form of hyperstimulation syndrome is noticed with stimulation protocols with highly effective gonadotrophine hormones where the total dose of gonadotrophins is greater than 1125 IU and maximum 17-beta estradiol levels are greater than 20 nmol/l.< Less
BACKGROUND: Aim of the study is to define the risk factors of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome onset during assisted reproduction treatment using in vitro fertilization technique. Exploratory... More > computer analysis of electronically stored data about assisted reproduction treatment cycles in clinical registry with the use of data mining system. RESULTS: Significantly higher incidence of a clinically important form of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome development was observed among patients under 30 years old who were affected by hyperstimulation syndrome in previous treatment cycles. We can predict a higher risk in patients with oligomenorrhoea and in cases of immunological and andrological sterility factor. Higher incidence of clinically significant form of hyperstimulation syndrome is noticed with stimulation protocols with highly effective gonadotrophine hormones where the total dose of gonadotrophins is greater than 1125 IU and maximum 17-beta estradiol levels are greater than 20 nmol/l.< Less
