
By Stanton A. Glantz
ISBN-10: 0071781501
ISBN-13: 9780071781503
A concise, engagingly written creation to figuring out information as they practice to drugs and the lifestyles sciences
CD-ROM plays 30 statistical tests
Don't be petrified of biostatistics anymore! Primer of Biostatistics,7th Edition demystifies this not easy subject in an enticing and stress-free demeanour that assumes no previous wisdom of the topic. speedier than you inspiration attainable, you will comprehend attempt choice and manage to evaluation biomedical statistics seriously, knowledgeably, and confidently.
With Primer of Biostatistics, you’ll commence with the fundamentals, together with research of variance and the t try out, then enhance to a number of comparability trying out, contingency tables, regression, and extra. Illustrative examples and demanding difficulties, culled from the new biomedical literature, spotlight the discussions all through and aid to foster a extra intuitive method of biostatistics.
The better half CD-ROM includes every little thing you must run thirty statistical checks of your personal facts. evaluate questions and summaries in every one bankruptcy facilitate the educational approach and assist you gauge your comprehension. by way of combining whimsical reviews of Martians and different planetary citizens with real papers from the biomedical literature, the writer makes the topic enjoyable and engaging.
Coverage includes:
- How to summarize data
- How to check for transformations among groups
- The t test
- tips on how to study premiums and proportions
- What does “not major” fairly mean?
- self belief intervals
- tips on how to try out for trends
- Experiments while each one topic gets a couple of treatment
- possible choices to research of variance and the t attempt in keeping with ranks
- the right way to examine survival data