Understanding biostatistics /

"Understanding Biostatistics looks at the fundamentals of biostatistics, using elementary statistics and explores the nature of statistical tests, the tests that produces the p-values and basic aspects of clinical trials. The concept of distribution functions are discussed, including the Guass...

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Main Author: Källén, Anders (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2011.
Series:Wiley online library.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"Understanding Biostatistics looks at the fundamentals of biostatistics, using elementary statistics and explores the nature of statistical tests, the tests that produces the p-values and basic aspects of clinical trials. The concept of distribution functions are discussed, including the Guassian distribution and its importance in biostatistics. The book also looks at problems of estimating parameters in statistical models and looks at the similarities between different models. The author does not set out to provide the definitive text on biostatistics, but rather to provide a guide to the concepts involved and their application in everyday work."--Provided by publisher.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 375 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781119992677 (electronic bk.)
1119992672 (electronic bk.)