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

Author:
Chernick, Michael R. [Browse]
Format:
Book
Language:
English
Published/​Created:
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, c2003.
Description:
xvii, 406 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series:
Wiley series in probability and statistics. [More in this series]
Bibliographic references:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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. The 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.
Subject(s):
ISBN:
047141137X (cloth)
LCCN:
2002152378
OCLC:
50866922
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RCP:
C - S