Data Sets for Statistics in Medicine, 4th Edition

On this page, you will find the 17 data sets that were printed and/or discussed in the book, along with 20 additional data sets used at various places in the book or in our lectures at Emory University School of Medicine, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, San Diego State University, and UC Irvine. Data set descriptions and definitions for the first 17 are given in the book and for the additional 20 are given in PowerPoint slides, also accessible on this website. These data sets, in Excel format on this website, can be downloaded and transferred into whatever format is wanted. They may be used to perform the exercises given in the book or to practice using any appropriate statistical methods. The 20 additional data sets pose questions that can be used for practice in the PowerPoint descriptions.

–Dr. Robert.H. Riffenburgh
riffenbu@sdsu.edu.

–Dr. Daniel L. Gillen
dgillen@uci.edu

• DB 01 Indicators of Prostate Biopsy Results

• DB 02 Effectiveness of a Drug in Reducing Nausea After Gallbladder Removal

• DB 03 Effect of Azithromycin on Serum Theophylline Levels of Patients with Emphysema

• DB 04 Effect of Protease Inhibitors on Pulmonary Admissions

• DB 05 Effect of Silicone Implants on Plasma Silicon

• DB 06 Laser Removal of Tattoos as Related to Type of Ink Used

• DB 07 Relation of Bone Density to Incidence of Femoral Neck Stress Fractures

• DB 08 Comparing Two Types of Assays on the Effect of GAGs on the Bladder Surface

• DB 09 Prediction of Growth Factors by Platelet Counts

• DB 10 Tests of Recovery After Surgery on Hamstrings or Quadriceps

• DB 11 Survival of Malarial Rats Treated with Hemoglobin, RBCs, or Placebo

• DB 12 Identification of Risk Factors for Death After Carinal Resection

• DB 13 Quality Test on Warfarin International Normalized Ratio Values

• DB 14 Exhaled Nitric Oxide as an Indicator of Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction

• DB 15 Comparison of Kidney Cooling Methods Used to Prolong Surgical Time Window

• DB 16 Word Repetitions Among Cognitively Normal And Demented Patients 

• DB 17 Retest Effects In Neuropsychological Testing 

• DB 18 HSV2 in HIV Patients-1

• DB 19 Prostate Cancer in HIV Patients-1

• DB 20 Group A Strep Pneumonia Outbreak

• DB 21 AIDS Mortality

• DB 22 Erectile Dysfunction in HIV Patients

• DB 23 HIV Patients with Syphilis

• DB 24 Pediatric Snake Bites

• DB 25 Adult Snake Bites

• DB 26 Weight Estimation in the ER

• DB 27 Snoring as a Sleep Problem

• DB 28 Vulvar Cancer Survival

• DB 29 Artificial Hip Placement

• DB 30 Does Handling Worsen Injuries

• DB 31 Compare OR Thermometer Types

• DB 31long Compare OR Thermometer Types

• DB 32 Laryngectomy Survival

• DB 33 Positioning Patients in H&N RT

• DB 34 Anesthetic Type v. Recovery Time

• DB 35 Reliability in Reading X-Rays

• DB 36 Disruptive Back Pain in Pilots

• DB 37 Effect of Fasting on Cholesterol Measurement

• DB PowerPoint guide