Introduction to medical research -- Study designs in medical research -- Summarizing data & presenting data in tables and graphs -- Probability & related topics for making inferences about data -- Research questions for one group -- Research questions about two separate or independent groups -- Research questions about means in three or more groups -- Research questions about relationships among variables -- Analyzing research questions about survival -- Statistical methods for multiple variables -- Methods of evidence-based medicine -- Clinical decision making -- Reading the medical literature -- Glossary -- References -- App. A: Tables -- App. B: Answers to exercises -- App. C: Flowcharts for relating research questions to statistical methods -- Index.