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Don't be afraid of biostatistics anymore! This book demystifies this challenging topic in an interesting and enjoyable manner that assumes no prior knowledge of the subject. In no time, you'll understand test selection and be able to evaluate biomedical statistics critically, knowledgeably...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Glantz, Stanton A.
Format: Software eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : McGraw-Hill Medical, [2012]
Edition:7th ed.
Subjects:
Medical statistics.
Biometry.
Table of Contents:
  • Biostatistics and clinical practice
  • How to summarize data
  • How to test for differences between groups
  • The special case of two groups the t test
  • How to analyze rates and proportions
  • What does "not significant" really mean?
  • Confidence intervals
  • How to test for trends
  • Experiments when each subject receives more than one treatment
  • Alternatives to analysis of variance and the t test based on ranks
  • How to analyze survival data
  • What do the data really show?
  • Appendix A: Computational forms
  • Appendix B: Statistical tables and power charts
  • Appendix C: Answers to exercises.