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UK Health Statistics

British Heart Foundation Statistics Regularly updated statistics on heart disease in the UK. Statistical publications and spreadsheets are produced in collaboration with the Health Promotion Research Group at the University of Oxford.
Cancerstats
Compendium of Population Health Indicators This compendium is a collection of indicators, giving a comprehensive overview of population health at a national, regional and local level. These indicators were previously available on the Clinical and Health Outcomes Knowledge Base website (also known as NCHOD). The indicators within the compendium can be useful for: - comparing the profile of your local area with other regions and national averages - understanding what the population health challenges are in your area and how they may be changing over time - exploring the diverse range of factors that influence health inequalities
Data.gov.uk Contains datasets from all central government departments and a number of other public sector bodies and local authorities.
Department of Health (DOH) - Statistics and surveys
Health Survey for England A series of annual surveys designed to measure health and health-related behaviours in adults and children.
Health Survey for England - data from 2004-2013
The National Digital Archives: Government Datasets
NHS Hospital Episode Statistics
Office for Health Improvement & Disparities
Office of Health Economics - Health Statistics & Data Analyses
UK Health Security Agency
UK National Statistics

Using SPSS

Guides to installing and relicensing SPSS

Health Statistic Guides

Office for National Statistics - Culture and Sport
Office for National Statistics - Health and Social Care Overview, summaries, statistics publications and data from the UK Office for National Statistics.
Office of Health Economics - Guide to UK Health and Health Care Statistics A useful guide to finding and using health statistics from the UK and beyond. 2nd edition. Published October 2013

Comparative Health Statistics

European Health for All database
The European Observatory on Health Care Systems Includes country profiles with detailed statistical information.
Eurostat - European statistics
National Center for Health Statistics
WHO Global Health Observatory

Statistics Books & Articles

Data Analysis in Sport by Lucy Holmes; Peter O'Donoghue Making sense of sports performance data can be a challenging task but is nevertheless an essential part of performance analysis investigations. Focusing on techniques used in the analysis of sport performance, this book introduces the fundamental principles of data analysis, explores the most important tools used in data analysis, and offers guidance on the presentation of results. The book covers key topics such as: The purpose of data analysis, from statistical analysis to algorithmic processing Commercial packages for performance and data analysis, including Focus, Sportscode, Dartfish, Prozone, Excel, SPSS and Matlab Effective use of statistical procedures in sport performance analysis Analysing data from manual notation systems, player tracking systems and computerized match analysis systems Creating visually appealing 'dashboard' interfaces for presenting data Assessing reliability. The book　includes worked examples from real sport, offering clear guidance to the reader and bringing the subject to life. This book is invaluable reading for any student, researcher or analyst working in sport performance or undertaking a sport-related research project or methods course
ISBN: 9780415739849
Publication Date: 2014
Information Dashboard Design by Stephen Few
Shelved at: : 658.4038011 FEW
ISBN: 9781938377006
Second edition.
Burlingame : Analytics Press, 2013.
Interpreting Qualitative Data by David Silverman
Shelved at: : 301.072 SIL
ISBN: 9781446295434
An Introduction to Intermediate and Advanced Statistical Analyses for Sport and Exercise Scientists by Nikos Ntoumanis; Nicholas D. Myers
Shelved at: : 796.015195 INT
ISBN: 9781118962053
Publication Date: 2016
Progressive statistics for studies in sports medicine and exercise science by William G. Hopkins et al.
Publication Date: 2009
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 41 (1), p.3-13.
A Step-By-Step Guide to SPSS for Sport and Exercise Studies by Nikos Ntoumanis
Shelved at: : 796.0285369 NTO
ISBN: 9781138144026
SPSS Survival Manual: A Step by Step Guide to Data Analysis Using IBM SPSS by Julie Pallant
ISBN: 9780335249497
Publication Date: 2020
Discovering Statistics Using IBM SPSS Statistics by Andy Field
Shelved at: : 300.2855329 FIE
ISBN: 9781526419514
Publication Date: 2018
5th edition
Statistics for Research : with a guide to SPSS by George Argyrous
Shelved at: : 519.5 ARG
ISBN: 9781849205955
3rd ed.
Los Angeles : SAGE, 2011.
SPSS for Dummies by Arthur Griffith
ISBN: 9780470599976
2nd ed.
Hoboken : Wiley, 2010.
Simple statistics by Frances Clegg
Shelved at: : 519.5024301 CLE
ISBN: 0521288029
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1982.
Statistics : a gentle introduction by Frederick L. Coolidge
Shelved at: : 519.5 COO
ISBN: 9781412991711
Publication Date: 2012
Statistics Alive! by Wendy J. Steinberg
Shelved at: : 519.5 STE
ISBN: 9781412979504
2nd ed.
London : SAGE, 2011.
Statistics for Dummies by Deborah J. Rumsey
Shelved at: : E-BOOK and 519.5 RUM
ISBN: 9780470911082
2nd ed.
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2011.
Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics by Neil J. Salkind
Shelved at: : 519.5 SAL
ISBN: 1544387601
Statistics for Healthcare Professionals by Ian Scott; Deborah Mazhindu
ISBN: 9781446208922
Statistics in kinesiology by William J. Vincent, Joseph P. Weir
Shelved at: : 612.76 VIN
ISBN: 9781450402545
4th ed.
Champaign : Human Kinetics, 2012.
Statistics with applications to the biological and health sciences by M. Anthony Schork, Richard D. Remington
Shelved at: : 570.15195 SCH
ISBN: 9781449945923
Successful statistics for nursing and healthcare by Roger Watson, Ian Atkinson & Patricia Egerton
Shelved at: : 519.502461 WAT
ISBN: 1403916527