Biostatistics: The Bare Essentials

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PMPH USA (BC Decker), 2008 - Medical - 393 pages
This book translates biostatistics in the health sciences literature with clarity and irreverence. Students and practitioners alike applaud Biostatistics as the practical guide that exposes them to every statistical test they may encounter, with careful conceptual explanations and a minimum of algebra. This is the third edition.
 

Contents

SECTION
1
THE THIRD
4
R A P DETECTORS
63
THE SECOND
69
R A P DETECTORS
128
REGRESSION AND CORRELATION
131
Simple Regression and Correlation
132
Multiple Regression
143
Path Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling
210
R A P DETECTORS
229
THE FOURTH
233
NONPARAMETRIC STATISTICS
236
Tests of Significance for Categorical Frequency Data
237
Measures of Association for Categorical Data
253
Tests of Significance for Ranked Data
260
Measures of Association for Ranked Data
268

Logistic Regression
159
Advanced Topics in Regression and ANOVA
167
Measuring Change
177
Hierarchical Linear Models
186
Principal Components and Factor Analysis
194
LifeTable Survival Analysis
274
R A P DETECTORS
290
THE FIFTH REPRISE
296
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