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Subject(s)

• Medical statistics [Browse]
• Health services administration [Browse]
• Computer science [Browse]
• Electronic data processing [Browse]
• Medical policy [Browse]
• Microsoft Excel (Computer file) [Browse]

Related name

• Kros, John F. [Browse]
• Rosenthal, David A., 1959- [Browse]

Related work(s)

Veney, James E. Statistics for health policy and administration using Microsoft Excel. [Browse]

Series

Public health/epidemiology and biostatistics

Summary note

Second edition is written in a clear, easily followed style keyed to the powerful statistical tool, Microsoft Excel 2007. It introduces the use of statistics applicable to health administration, health policy, public health, health information management, and other professions, emphasizing the logic of probability and statistical analysis in all areas. Coverage includes data acquisition, data display, basics of probability, data distributions, confidence limits and hypothesis testing, statistical tests for categorical data, tests for related and unrelated data, analysis of variance, simple linear regression, multiple regression, and analysis with a dichotomous categorical dependent variable. A glossary and section-by-section review questions round out this uniquely comprehensive and accessible text.

Notes

Rev. ed. of: Statistics for health policy and administration using Microsoft Excel / James E. Veney. 2003.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Statistics and Excel
• Excel as a statistical tool
• Data acquisition : sampling and data preparation
• Data display : descriptive presentation, Excel graphing capability
• Basic concepts of probability
• Measures of central tendency and dispersion : data distributions
• Confidence limits and hypothesis testing
• Statistical tests for categorical data
• T tests for related and unrelated data
• Analysis of variance
• Simple linear regression
• Multiple regression : concepts and calculation
• Extensions of multiple regression
• Analysis with a dichotomous categorical dependent variable.

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ISBN

• 9780470393314 ((pbk.))
• 0470393319 ((pbk.))
• 6612368829 ((pbk.))
• 9786612368820

LCCN

2009017420

OCLC

316010920

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