Biostatistics basic concepts and methodology for the health sciences

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Daniel, Wayne W. 1929- (Author), Cross, Chad Lee 1971- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, New Jersey Wiley c2014
Edition:10th ed
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Getting acquainted with biostatistics
  • 2. Strategies for understanding the meaning of data
  • 3. Probability: the basis of certain data distributions
  • 4. Probabilistic features of certain data distributions
  • 5. Probabilistic features of the distributions of certain sample statistics
  • 6. Using sample data to make estimates about population parameters
  • 7. using sample statistics to test hypotheses about population parameters
  • 8. Statistical inference and the analysis of data variability
  • 9. Statistical infrence and the relationship between two variables
  • 10. statistical infrence and the relationship among three or more variables
  • 11. Additional techniques for the analysis of relationship among variables
  • 12. Analysis of frequency data: an introduction to the chi-square distribution
  • 13. Special techniques for use when population parameters and/or population distributions are unknown
  • 14. Evaluating the health of human groups: vital statistics
  • 15. Vital statistics (online)