Applied statistics in the pharmaceutical industry : with case studies using S-Plus /

The purpose of this book is to provide a general guide to statistical methods used in the pharmaceutical industry, and to illustrate how to use S-PLUS to implement these methods. Specifically, the goal is to: *Illustrate statistical applications in the pharmaceutical industry; *Illustrate how the st...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Millard, Steven P., Krause, Andreas
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer, [2001]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The purpose of this book is to provide a general guide to statistical methods used in the pharmaceutical industry, and to illustrate how to use S-PLUS to implement these methods. Specifically, the goal is to: *Illustrate statistical applications in the pharmaceutical industry; *Illustrate how the statistical applications can be carried out using S-PLUS; *Illustrate why S-PLUS is a useful software package for carrying out these applications; *Discuss the results and implications of a particular application; The target audience for this book is very broad, including: *Graduate students in biostatistics; *Statisticians who are involved in the industry as research scientists, regulators, academics, and/or consultants who want to know more about how to use S-PLUS and learn about other sub-fields within the indsutry that they may not be familiar with; *Statisticians in other fields who want to know more about statistical applications in the pharmaceutical industry.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 513 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781475734669 (electronic bk.)
1475734662 (electronic bk.)