Medical Research, Biology - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
Extremely popular, this student-friendly text presents the practical areas of statistics in terms of their relevance to medicine and the life sciences. Includes many illustrative examples and challenging problems that reinforce the author’s unique and intuitive approach to the subject. The new edition features a new two-color design, examples taken from current biomedical literature, and review questions within each chapter.You'll start with the basics, including analysis of variance and the t test, then advance to a multiple comparison testing, contingency tables, regression, and more. Examples from the current literature illustrate key concepts throughout.
New:
* More on multiple comparison testing, including the Holm test
* Discussion of relative risks and odds ratios
* Updated examples from the literature
"...reviews the basic principles of biostatistics and demonstrates their usefulness in biomedical research and clinical decision making...the software now has a more graphical interface & performs over 15 analyses of your data
Book Details
Published
December 1, 2001
Publisher
New York : McGraw-Hill, Medical Pub. Div., c2002.
Pages
489
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780071379465