Primer of biostatistics

Author(s)

• Glantz, Stanton A.

Bibliographic Information

Primer of biostatistics

Stanton A. Glantz

McGraw-Hill, Medical Publishing Division, c2002

5th ed

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

You'll start with the basics, including analysis of variance and the t test, then advance to a multiple comparison testing, contingency tables, regression, and more. Examples from the current literature illustrate key concepts throughout. New: * More on multiple comparison testing, including the Holm test * Discussion of relative risks and odds ratios * Updated examples from the literature

Table of Contents

1. Biostatistics and Clinical Practice2. How to Summarize Data3. How to Test for Differences between Groups4. The Special Case of Two Groups: The t Test5. How to Analyze Rates and Proportions6. What Does "Not Significant" Really Mean?7. Confidence Intervals8. How to Test for Trends9. Experiments When Each Subject Receives More than One Treatment10. Alternatives to Analysis of Variance and the t Test Based on Ranks11. How to Analyze Survival Data12. What do the Data Really Show?Appendix A Computational FormsAppendix B Power ChartsAppendix C Answers to Exercises

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Details

• NCID: BA55784730
• ISBN:
  • 0071379460
• LCCN: 01034232
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xviii, 489 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RA409.G55
  • DC21 : 610/.7/27
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Medical statistics
  • LCSH : Biometry
  • MESH : Biometry