Biostatistics
The Bare Essentials
4th Edition
Published on 30. June 2014
450 pages
978-1-60795-279-4 (ISBN)
Description
This new edition of Biostatistics: The Bare Essentials continues the tradition of translating biostatistics in the health sciences literature with clarity and irreverence. Students and practitioners alike applaud Biostatistics as a practical guide that exposes them to every statistical test they are likely to encounter, with careful conceptual explanations and a minimum of algebra.
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Edition
4. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Shelton
United States
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Windows
File size
29,02 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-60795-279-4 (9781607952794)
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Content
- Intro
- PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION
- PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION
- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
- CONTENTS
- SECTION THE FIRST THE NATURE OF DATA AND STATISTICS
- The Basics
- Looking at the Data A First Look at Graphing Data
- Describing the Data with Numbers Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion
- The Normal Distribution
- Probability
- Elements of Statistical Inference
- C.R.A.P. DETECTORS
- SECTION THE SECOND ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE
- Comparing Two Groups The t-Test
- More than Two Groups One-Way ANOVA
- Factorial ANOVA
- Two Repeated Observations The Paired t-Test and Alternatives
- Repeated-Measures ANOVA
- Multivariate ANOVA (MANOVA)
- C.R.A.P. DETECTORS
- SECTION THE THIRD REGRESSION AND CORRELATION
- Simple Regression and Correlation
- Multiple Regression
- Logistic and Poisson Regression
- Advanced Topics in Regression and ANOVA
- Measuring Change
- Analysis of Longitudinal Data:Hierarchical Linear Modeling
- Principal Components and Factor Analysis Fooling Around with Factors
- Path Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling
- C.R.A.P. DETECTORS
- SECTION THE FOURTH NON-PARAMETRIC STATISTICS
- Tests of Significance for Categorical Frequency Data
- Measures of Association for Categorical Data
- Tests of Significance for Ranked Data
- Measures of Association for Ranked Data
- Survival Analysis
- Measures of Impact
- C.R.A.P. DETECTORS
- SECTION THE FIFTH REPRISE
- Equivalence and Non-Inferiority Testing
- Screwups, Oddballs, and Other Vagaries of Science
- Putting It All Together
- Getting Started with SPSS
- Test Yourself
- Answers to Chapter Exercises
- References and Further Reading
- An Unabashed Glossaryof Statistical Terms
- Appendix
- Index
