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100 1 _aPezzullo, John C.,
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245 1 0 _aBiostatistics for dummies /
_cby John C. Pezzullo, PhD.
260 _aCanada
_bJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc
_c2013
300 _axviii, 390 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm.
490 1 _a--For dummies
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _aIntroduction -- About This Book -- Conventions Used in This Book -- What You're Not to Read -- Foolish Assumptions -- How This Book Is Organized -- Icons Used in This Book -- Where to Go from Here --
505 0 _aPart I: Beginning with Biostatistics Basics. Chapter 1: Biostatistics 101 -- Chapter 2: Overcoming Mathophobia: Reading and Understanding Mathematical Expressions -- Chapter 3: Getting Statistical: A Short Review of Basic Statistics -- Chapter 4: Counting on Statistical Software -- Chapter 5: Conducting Clinical Research -- Chapter 6: Looking at Clinical Trials and Drug Development --
505 0 _aPart II: Getting Down and Dirty with Data. Chapter 7: Getting Your Data into the Computer -- Chapter 8: Summarizing and Graphing Your Data -- Chapter 9: Aiming for Accuracy and Precision -- Chapter 10: Having Confidence in Your Results -- Chapter 11: Fuzzy In Equals Fuzzy Out: Pushing Imprecision through a Formula --
505 0 _aPart III: Comparing Groups. Chapter 12: Comparing Average Values between Groups -- Chapter 13: Comparing Porportions and Analyzing Cross-Tabulations -- Chapter 14: Taking a Closer Look at Fourfold Tables -- Chapter 15: Analyzing Incidence and Prevalence Rates in Epidemiologic Data -- Chapter 16: Feeling Noninferior (Or Equivalent) --
505 0 _aPart IV: Looking for Relationships with Correlation and Regression. Chapter 17: Introducing Correlation and Regression -- Chapter 18: Getting Straight Talk on Straight-Line Regression -- Chapter 19: More of a Good Thing: Multiple Regression -- Chapter 20: A Yes-or-No Proposition: Logistic Regression -- Chapter 21: Other Useful Kinds of Regression --
505 0 _aPart V: Analyzing Survival Data. Chapter 22: Summarizing and Graphing Survival Data -- Chapter 23: Comparing Survival Times -- Chapter 24: Survival Regression --
505 0 _aPart VI: The Part of Tens. Chapter 25: Ten Distributions Worth Knowing -- Chapter 26: Ten Easy Ways to Estimate How Many Subjects You Need -- Index.
520 _aBiostatisticans are charged with binding answers to some of the world's most pressing health questions. This guide covers the relevant topics you'd encounter in a biostatistics course, and provides plain-English explanations of important concepts --
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