Statistika pro nematematiky - Pravděpodobnostní myšlení a základy statistiky nejen v moderní medicíně – Vojáček Jan (2024)

Is it possible to understand statistics without mathematics? A book by one of the leading Czech doctors will convince you that it is. In statistics, mathematics is not the most important thing; the key is the way of thinking. This unique publication combines current trends in probabilistic thinking theory with modern methods of statistical evaluation in terms of decision-making processes in both medicine and biological sciences in general, all with a sense of perspective and without delving into more complex mathematical formulas. The author shows the blurring boundaries between exact sciences, where conditions are always clearly defined, and biological sciences, including medicine, where it is necessary to think in probabilistic terms. Attention is primarily paid to the correct procedures and the most common problems in transferring statistical evaluation into daily practical decision-making, while also reminding us of forgotten concepts of physical and moral certainty. The book thoroughly addresses descriptive and inferential statistics, correct procedures of frequentist statistics, Bayesian thinking, the theory of conditional probabilities, and among other things, the fallacies of frequency occurrence and the paradox of false positive results. In the historical overview, the author recalls the emergence of statistics in...