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This book provides a solid foundation in introductory biostatistics with up-to-date methods, lucid explanations, and a modern approach. KEY TOPICS: Explains commonly used biostatistical methods, such as odds and risk ratios, and Fisher's exact test, in a clear and thorough manner. Introduces equivalence testing in a variety of research settings. Presents nonparametric methods in a modern light, couched in the broader context of permutation-based methods. Provides real-world data with case studies consisting of synopses of published research. Provides step-by-step solutions to exercises, along with pertinent equations used in obtaining the solution and page numbers of relevant discussions. MARKET: For health science students and professionals who need to increase their understanding of biostatistics.

Table of Contents:
1.    Foundations of Biostatistics          1.1 Introduction          1.2 Populations and Samples          1.3 Parameters and Statistics          1.4 Descriptive and Inferential Statistics          1.5 Why Populations and Samples?          1.6 What Happens Now?          Key Words and Phrases          Exercises   2.    Descriptive Methods          2.1 Introduction          2.2 Sacles of Measurement          2.3 Summation Notation          2.4 Distributions          2.5 Graphs          2.6 Numerical Methods          2.7 A Re-Orientation          Key Words and Phrases          Exercises   3.    Probability          3.1 Introduction          3.2 A Definition of Probability          3.3 Contingency Tables          3.4 The Normal Curve          Key Words and Phrases          Exercises   4.    Introduction To Inference And One Sample Methods          4.1 Introduction          4.2 Sampling Distributions          4.3 Hypothesis Testing          4.4 Confidence Intervals          4.5 Comparison of Hypothesis Tests and Confidence Intervals          4.6 A Re-Orientation          Key Words and Phrases          Exercises   5.    Paired Samples Methods          5.1 Introduction          5.2 Methods Related to Mean Difference          5.3 Methods Related to Proportions          5.4 Methods Related to Paired Samples Risk Ratios          5.5 Methods Related to Paired Samples Odds Ratios          Key Words and Phrases          Exercises   6.   Two Independent Samples Methods         6.1 Introduction         6.2 Methods Related to Differences Between Means         6.3 Methods Related to Proportions         6.4 Methods Related to Independent Samples Risk Ratios         6.5 Methods Related to Independent Samples Odds Ratios         Key Words and  Phrases         Exercises   7.   Multi-Sample Methods         7.1 Introduction         7.2 The Oneway Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) F Test         7.3 The 2 By k  Chi-Square Test         7.4 Multiple Comparison Procedures         Key Words and Phrases         Exercises   8.   The Assessment of Relationships         8.1 Background         8.2 The Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient         8.3 The Chi-Square Test For Independence         Key Words and Phrases         Exercises   9.   Linear Regression         9.1 Background         9.2 Simple Linear Regression         9.3 Multiple Linear Regression         9.4 Assumptions         9.5 Some Additional Comments Regarding the Utility of MLR         Key Words and Phrases         Exercises   10.  Methods Based on The Permutation Principle         10.1 Introduction         10.2 Some Preliminaries         10.3 Applications         10.4 Further Comments Regarding Permutation Based Methods         Key Words and Phrases         Exercises


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780131176607
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Pearson
  • Height: 243 mm
  • No of Pages: 552
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Width: 204 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0131176609
  • Publisher Date: 05 Feb 2007
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 1040 gr


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