Biostatistics: A Foundation for Analysis in the Health Sciences, 10th Edition

This 10th edition of Biostatistics: A Foundation for Analysis in the Health Sciences should appeal to the same audience for which the first nine editions were written: advanced undergraduate students, beginning graduate students, and health professionals in need of a reference book on statistical methodology. Like its predecessors, this edition requires few mathematical prerequisites. Only reasonable proficiency in algebra is required for an understanding of the concepts and methods underlying the calculations. The emphasis continues to be on an intuitive understanding of principles rather than an understanding based on mathematical sophistication. For most of the statistical techniques covered in this edition, we discuss the capabilities of one or more software packages (MINITAB, SAS, SPSS, and NCSS) that may be used to perform the calculations needed for their application. Resulting screen displays are also shown.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction To Biostatistics
Chapter 2: Descriptive Statistics
Chapter 3: Some Basic Probability Concepts
Chapter 4: Probability Distributions
Chapter 5: Some Important Sampling Distributions
Chapter 6: Estimation
Chapter 7: Hypothesis Testing
Chapter 8: Analysis Of Variance
Chapter 9: Simple Linear Regression And Correlation
Chapter 10: Multiple Regression And Correlation
Chapter 11: Regression Analysis: Some Additional Techniques
Chapter 12: The Chi-Square Distribution And The Analysis Of Frequencies
Chapter 13: Nonparametric And Distribution-Free Statistics
Chapter 14: Survival Analysis