Data Presentation / Interpretation

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Contributors -- Abbreviations and Symbols -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- Data Presentation and Interpretation: Problems, Tools and Goals / Keller, H. -- 2. Data Presentation -- Chapter 2.1. How to Make Laboratory Information More Informative: Psychological and Statistical Considerations / Politser, P. E. -- Chapter 2.2. Result Reports from Large Centralized Laboratories / Porth, A. J. / Badke, C. / Bothung, S. / Worzyk, M. -- Chapter 2.3. Graphical Data Display and Medical Decision Making / Connelly, D. P. -- Chapter 2.4. Digital and Analogous Presentation of Laboratory Results in Dependence of Time / Renn, W. / Maulbetsch, R. / Eggstein, M. -- Chapter 2.5. Computer Graphics for Data Presentation / Angell, I. O. -- Chapter 2.6. Use of Colour in Tables and Graphic Displays / Reynolds, L. -- 3. Interpretation of Laboratory Results -- Chapter 3.1. The Bayes Approach: Systematic Graphic Evaluation of Diagnostic Tests / Gerhardt, W. -- Chapter 3.2. Deterministic Methods for Computerized Interpretation of Laboratory Tests / McNeely, M. D. D. -- Chapter 3.3. Information Theoretical Model of a Clinical Chemical Test / Büttner, J. -- Chapter 3.4. The Multivariate Approach / Winkel, P. -- Chapter 3.5. Cluster Analysis as a Help in Interpretation of Complex Data / Vogt, W. / Nagel, D. / Sator, H. -- Chapter 3.6. Quasi Distribution-Free Assessment of Multivariate Data of Clinical Chemical Tests with the Aid of the X-transformation / Rehpenning, W. -- Chapter 3.7. Data Driven Interpretation of Laboratory Results in the Context of a Medical Decision Support System / Clayton, P. D. / Evans, R. S. / Pryor, T. A. / Gardner, R. M. / Haug, P. J. / Warner, H. R. -- Chapter 3.8. Expert Systems in Clinical Chemistry / Trendelenburg, Ch. -- Chapter 3.9. Single-Point Method and Bayesian Approach for Individualizing Theophylline Dosage / Oellerich, M. / Schneider, B. -- Chapter 3.10. Discriminant Analysis: A Special Procedure for the Detection of Alcoholism / Stamm, D. / Hansert, E. -- Chapter 3.11. A New Distribution-Free, Multivariate Discriminating Method / Keller, B. / Keller, H. -- Appendix -- References -- Subject Index -- Backmatter