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    Introductory biostatistics for the health sciences : modern applications including bootstrap / Michael R. Chernick and Robert H. Friis.

    • Title:Introductory biostatistics for the health sciences : modern applications including bootstrap / Michael R. Chernick and Robert H. Friis.
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    • Author/Creator:Chernick, Michael R.
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Friis, Robert H.
    • Published/Created:Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, ©2003.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Medical statistics.
      Biometry.
      Statistics--methods.
    • Medical Subjects: Biometry--methods.
      Epidemiologic Methods.
    • Genre/Form:Statistics.
    • Description:xvii, 406 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
    • Series:Wiley series in probability and statistics.
    • Summary:"Introductory Biostatistics for the Health Sciences"provides a basic but thorough introduction to biostatistics and its applications. Stressing practical applications, the book interweaves recent advances in the bootstrap, outliers, and meta-analysis throughout the book in an effort to modernize the subject matter. These are topics not typically covered in the competition. Practical applications are stressed, along with the necessary theory to accompany them, in view of the fact that both an academician and an industrialist have combined their talents and know-how.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:047141137X (cloth)
    • Contents:1. What is Statistics? How is it Applied in the Health Sciences?
      2. Defining Populations and Selecting Samples
      3. Systematic Organization and Display of Data
      4. Summary Statistics
      5. Basic Probability
      6. Normal Distribution
      7. Sampling Distributions for Means
      8. Estimating Population Means
      9. Tests of Hypotheses
      10. References Regarding Proportions
      11. Categorical Data and Chi-Square Tests
      12. Correlation, Linear Regression, and Logistic Regression
      13. One-Way Analysis of Variance
      14. Nonparametric Methods
      15. Analysis of Survival Times
      16. Software Packages for Statistical Analysis
      App. A. Percentage Points, F-Distribution ([alpha] = 0.05)
      App. B. Studentized Range Statistics
      App. C. Quantiles of the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test Statistic
      App. D. [chi][superscript 2] Distribution
      App. E. Table of the Standard Normal Distribution
      App. F. Percentage Points, Student's t Distribution
      App. G. Answers to Selected Exercises.
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