Advances in biometry : 50 years of the International Biometric Society

Author(s)

• Armitage, P.
• David, H. A. (Herbert Aron)

Bibliographic Information

Advances in biometry : 50 years of the International Biometric Society

edited by Peter Armitage and Herbert A. David

（Wiley series in probability and mathematical statistics）

Wiley, c1996

Note

"A Wiley interface publication"

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book celebrates over fifty years of developments in the field of biometry. It reviews major achievements and techniques in the mathematical and statistical aspects of biology and covers branches of statistical methodology which have played a central role in different fields of biology and medicine.

Table of Contents

• Partial table of contents:
• The Roads Traveled: Our 50--Year Journey (L. Billard).
• The Teaching of Biometry (P. Dagnelie).
• Linear Models 1945--1995 (S. Searle & C. McCulloch).
• Multivariate and Multidimensional Analysis (J. Gower).
• Statistical Computing (J. Nelder).
• Biometric Advances in Infectious Disease Epidemiology (K. Dietz).
• Spatial Analysis in Biometry (P. Diggle).
• A Review of Image Analysis in Biometry (C. Glasbey & M. Berman).
• Clinical Trials: A Statistician's Perspective (S. Pocok).
• Indexes.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA28393082
• ISBN:
  • 0471160180
• LCCN: 96012147
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 473 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • NDC9 : 461.9
  • LCC : QH323.5
  • DC20 : 574/.01/5195
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : International Biometric Society
  • LCSH : Biometry
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00019013