Designed for health care professionals who need to understand medical literature and interpret statistics, this guide uses a straightforward and easy-to-use format to explain common techniques such as confidence intervals, probability values, t tests and survival analysis. Harris, a general practitioner and senior lecturer in medical education in the UK, has teamed with Taylor (medical statistics, U. of Bath, UK) to write this second edition which now includes a more consistent and concise format. A new "Statistics at work" section has been added that uses real-life examples to describe how these statistical concepts are applied in the field. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)