This second edition combines information from the original two books, Statistics from Scratch and Statistics Further from Scratch, to make one, comprehensive, user friendly, down-to-earth guide to elementary statistics. The book presents a detailed account of the most important procedures for the analysis of data, from the calculation of simple proportions, to a variety of statistical tests, and the use of regression models for modeling of clinical outcomes. The level of mathematics is kept to a minimum to make the material easily accessible to the novice, and a multitude of illustrative cases are included in every chapter, drown from the current research literature.

...can be recommended to all non-statisticians in the medical world as an instructive and easy-to-read introduction... (British Journal of Surgery, Oct 2003) ...exciting and fun to read...information is presented in a digestible and humorous manner...an excellent beginner's book... (Clinical Trials, Vol 1, 2004) ...can be read by those without a rigorous background in mathematics...explanations are straight to the point...highly recommended... (Statistical Methods in Medical Research, Vol 13, 2004)