Dicing with Death

Living by Data

Stephen Senn

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Cambridge University Press
08 December 2022

Data analysis: general; Law; Epidemiology & medical statistics; Mathematics & Sciences; Probability & statistics

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, medical statistics and public health data have become staples of newsfeeds worldwide, with infection rates, deaths, case fatality and the mysterious R figure featuring regularly. However, we don't all have the statistical background needed to translate this information into knowledge. In this lively account, Stephen Senn explains these statistical phenomena and demonstrates how statistics is essential to making rational decisions about medical care. The second edition has been thoroughly updated to cover developments of the last two decades and includes a new chapter on medical statistical challenges of COVID-19, along with additional material on infectious disease modelling and representation of women in clinical trials. Senn entertains with anecdotes, puzzles and paradoxes, while tackling big themes including: clinical trials and the development of medicines, life tables, vaccines and their risks or lack of them, smoking and lung cancer, and even the power of prayer.

By: Stephen Senn
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 520g
ISBN: 9781108999861
ISBN 10: 1108999867
Pages: 354
Publication Date: 08 December 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Stephen Senn has worked as a statistician and as an academic in Switzerland, Scotland, England and Luxembourg. He is the author of Statistical Issues in Drug Development (1997, 2007, 2021) and Cross-over Trials in Clinical Research (1993, 2002). He was awarded the Bradford Hill Medal of the Royal Statistical Society in 2009 and holds honorary chairs at the University of Sheffield and at the University of Edinburgh.

Reviews for Dicing with Death: Living by Data

'The COVID pandemic has shown the power of statistics to save millions of lives by revealing 'what works'. Yet statistical methods have a deeply controversial history, and provoke sometimes bitter debate to this day. Professor Stephen Senn is renowned for his brilliant insights on the subject, and in Dicing with Death he offers us a series of fascinating journeys through its vast and varied landscape.' Robert Matthews, Visiting Professor Aston University and author of Chancing It: The Laws of Chance and How They Can Work for You 'I will strongly recommend this book to statisticians as well as non-statisticians who are working in the area of public health or otherwise. Given the price of the book, it will be an asset to any personal library or University library.' Kuldeep Kumar, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A: Statistics in Society