Biostatistics for Medical and Biomedical Practitioners
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Biostatistics for Medical and Biomedical Practitioners

  1. 734 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

Biostatistics for Medical and Biomedical Practitioners

About this book

Basic Biostatistics for Medical and Biomedical Practitioners, Second Edition makes it easier to plan experiments, with an emphasis on sample size. It also shows what choices are available when simple tests are unsuitable and offers investigators an overview of how the kinds of complex tests that they won't do on their own work. The second edition presents a new, revised and enhanced version of the chapters, taking into consideration new developments and tools available, discussing topics, such as the basic aspects of statistics, continuous distributions, hypothesis testing, discrete distributions, probability in epidemiology and medical diagnosis, comparing means, regression and correlation. This book is a valuable source for students and researchers looking to expand or refresh their understanding of statistics as it applies to the biomedical and research fields. Based on the author's 40+ years of teaching statistics to medical fellows and biomedical researchers across a wide range of fields, it is a valuable source for researchers who need to understand more about biostatistics to apply it to their work. - Introduces procedures, such as multiple regression, Poisson distribution, binomial and multinomial distributions, variance analysis, and how to design and sample clinical trials - Presents a new section on ANCOVA - Gives references to free online tests - Includes over 200 diagrams, enabling the reader to visualize the results - Discusses NHST testing in detail, its disadvantages, and how to think about probability

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Information

Year
2019
eBook ISBN
9780128170854
Edition
2

Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. About the Author
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Section I: Basic Aspects of Statistics
  9. Section II: Continuous Distributions
  10. Section III: Hypothesis Testing
  11. Section IV: Discrete Distributions
  12. Section V: Probability in Epidemiology and Medical Diagnosis
  13. Section VI: Comparing Means
  14. Section VII: Regression and Correlation
  15. Section VIII: Miscellaneous Topics
  16. Answers to Problems
  17. Glossary
  18. Index