TY - BOOK AU - Van Belle,Gerald AU - Fisher,Lloyd TI - Biostatistics: a methodology for the health sciences SN - 0471031852 (cloth) AV - QH323.5 .B562 2004 U1 - 610.151 95 VAN 22 PY - 2004/// CY - Hoboken, NJ PB - John Wiley & Sons KW - Biometry N1 - First ed. published in 1993, entered under Fisher, Lloyd; Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Preface to the First Edition.Preface to the Second Edition.1. Introduction to Biostatistics.2. Biostatistical Design of Medical Studies.3. Descriptive Statistics.4. Statistical Inference: Populations and Samples.5. One- and Two-Sample Inference.6. Counting Data.7. Categorical Data: Contingency Tables.8. Nonparametric, Distribution-Free and Permutation Models: Robust Procedures.9. Association and Prediction: Linear Models with One Predictor Variable.10. Analysis of Variance.11. Association and Prediction: Multiple Regression Analysis, Linear Models with Multiple Predictor Variables.12. Multiple Comparisons.13. Discrimination and Classification.14. Principal Component Analysis and Factor Analysis.15. Rates and Proportions.16. Analysis of the Time to an Event: Survival Analysis.17. Sample Sizes for Observational Studies.18. Longitudinal Data Analysis.19. Randomized Clinical Trials.20. A Personal Postscript.Appendix.Author Index.Subject Index.Symbol Index UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/wiley047/2004040491.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/wiley041/2004040491.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/wiley041/2004040491.html UR - http://www.e-streams.com/es0805/es0805_4093.html ER -