Description
McGraw Hill Primer of Biostatistics Seventh Edition 2012 by Stanton Glantz
A concise, engagingly written introduction to understanding
statistics as they apply to medicine and the life sciences
A Doody's Core Title for 2017!
Don't be afraid of biostatistics anymore! Primer
of Biostatistics, 7th edition demystifies this challenging topic in an
interesting and enjoyable manner that assumes no prior knowledge of the
subject. Faster than you thought possible, you'll understand test selection and
be able to evaluate biomedical statistics critically, knowledgeably, and
confidently.
With Primer of Biostatistics, you'll start with
the basics, including analysis of variance and the t test, then advance to
multiple comparison testing, contingency tables, regression, and more.
Illustrative examples and challenging problems, culled from the recent
biomedical literature, highlight the discussions throughout and help to foster
a more intuitive approach to biostatistics. The companion CD-ROM contains
everything you need to run thirty statistical tests of your own data. Review
questions and summaries in each chapter facilitate the learning process and
help you gauge your comprehension. By combining whimsical studies of Martians
and other planetary residents with actual papers from the biomedical
literature, the author makes the subject fun and enjoyable.
COVERAGE INCLUDES:
How to summarize data
How to test for differences between groups
The t test
How to analyze rates and proportions
What does "not significant" really mean?
Confidence intervals
How to test for trends
Experiments when each subject receives more than
one treatment
Alternatives to analysis of variance and the t
test based on ranks
How to analyze survival data
CD-ROM PERFORMS 30 STATISTICAL TESTS