Biostatistics : for medical, nursing and pharmacy students

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Indrayan, A. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Delhi, India : Prentice-Hall of india , c2006
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Biostatistics in health and disease
  • 2. Types of data and methods of data collection
  • 3. Quality of data and medical tests
  • 4. Sources of existing medical data
  • 5. Assessment of morbidity
  • 6. Indicators of mortality
  • 7. Fertility and demography indicators
  • 8. Indicators of social and mental health
  • 9. Numerical summarization of medical data
  • 10. Graphs in health and disease
  • 11. Probability and reference range of medical parameters
  • 12. descriptive studies-sampling
  • 13. Prospective, retrospective and cross-sectional studies
  • 14. Experiments and clinical trials
  • 15. Standard error and confidence interval
  • 16. General principles of statistical tests
  • 17. Statistical significance-parametric and non-parametric tests
  • 18. Strength of association and chi-square tests
  • 19. Regression and correlation
  • 20. Sample siza in medical studies