Allied health professionals rely on Biostatistics for its high standards of statistical accuracy. It helps them develop a set of statistical tools that arerelevant to their field. Now in its ninth edition, the book integrates new applications from several biological science fields throughout the pages. Each chapter now opens with bulleted objectives that highlight the main ideas. Summary boxes of formulae and statistical rules are presented for easy reference and review. Support is also provided for multiple programs such as SPSS, SAS, and STATA, in addition to Minitab. This includes screen captures and technology boxes with step-by-step help. Health professionals will then gain the ability to use technology to analyze data. INDICE: Introduction to biostatistics. Descriptive statistics. Some basic probability concepts. Probability distributions. Some important sampling distributions. Estimation. Hypothesis testing. Analysis of variance. Simple linear regression and correlation. Multiple regression and correlation. Regression analysis: some additional techniques. The chi-square distribution and the analysis of frequencies. Nonparametric and distribution-free statistis. Vital statistics. Appendix.
- ISBN: 978-0-470-10582-5
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 1200
- Fecha Publicación: 31/12/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés