Biostatistics

A Guide to Design, Analysis and Discovery

Ronald N. Forthofer, Eun Sul Lee, Mike Hernandez (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

520 Seiten

2007 | 2nd edition
Academic Press Inc (Verlag)
9780123694928 (ISBN)

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A guide on biostatistics which focuses on the proper use and interpretation of statistical methods. It provides rationales for the formulas, allowing students to grasp a better understanding of the link between biology and statistics. It includes chapters on Logistic Regression; Analysis of Survey Data; and Study Designs.

Biostatistics, Second Edition, is a user-friendly guide on biostatistics, which focuses on the proper use and interpretation of statistical methods.

This textbook does not require extensive background in mathematics, making it user-friendly for all students in the public health sciences field. Instead of highlighting derivations of formulas, the authors provide rationales for the formulas, allowing students to grasp a better understanding of the link between biology and statistics.

The material on life tables and survival analysis allows students to better understand the recent literature in the health field, particularly in the study of chronic disease treatment. This updated edition contains over 40% new material with modern real-life examples, exercises, and references, including new chapters on Logistic Regression, Analysis of Survey Data, and Study Designs.

The book is recommended for students in the health sciences, public health professionals, and practitioners.

Mike Hernandez has been working as a statistical analyst in the Department of Biostatistics at the MD Anderson Cancer Center for over 10 years. Working in a large medical center, he has developed an expertise in doing collaborative research spanning several disciplines from health disparities to clinical trials. He has coauthored over 40 peer-reviewed manuscripts, and is a co-author of: Biostatistics: A Guide to Design, Analysis, and Discovery 2nd ed.

1. Introduction
2. Data and Numbers
3. Descriptive Tools
4. Probability and Life Tables
5. Probability Distributions
6. Study Designs
7. Interval Estimation
8. Test of Hypotheses
9. Test of Hypotheses Based on the Normal Distribution
10. Nonparametric Tests
11. Analysis of Categorical Data
12. Analysis of Survival Data
13. Analysis of Variance
14. Linear Regression
15. Logistic Regression
16. Analysis of Survey Data

Appendix A. Statistical Tables
Appendix B. Selected Governmental Biostatistical Data
Appendix C. Solutions to Selected Exercises

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.2.2007
Verlagsort	San Diego
Sprache	englisch
Maße	184 x 260 mm
Gewicht	1250 g
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
ISBN-13	9780123694928 / 9780123694928
Zustand	Neuware