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, [2003], ©2003.
Description
xvii, 406 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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    Subject(s)
    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.
    ISBN
    047141137X (cloth)
    LCCN
    2002152378
    OCLC
    50866922
    RCP
    C - S
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