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Simon S. Statistical evidence in medical trials: what do the data really tell us? Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.

London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada

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After reading the first paragraph of this book, I was immediately drawn in, mesmerised, and entertained right through to the end of the book. That says a lot for a book about statistics! It reads better than some of my bedside novels, but is not at all fictional. The book begins with a statistical joke—a perfect introduction for both the serious statistician and the more lighthearted clinician alike—which sets the tone for the remainder of the book. Many chapters are prefaced with a comical pictorial or word sketch that hints at the content to follow, while making the reader hungry enough to read on. That the injection of humour was possible in a statistics book is in itself quite enlightening. This point alone makes the book a worthwhile read. But the worth does not stop there.

The primary purpose of this book is to provide an understanding of how medical . . . [Full text of this article]