TY - BOOK AU - Chernick,Michael R. AU - Friis,Robert H. TI - Introductory biostatistics for the health sciences: modern applications including bootstrap SN - 047141137X (cloth) AV - R853.S7 C465 2003 U1 - 610.151 95 CHE F 21 PY - 2003/// CY - Hoboken, N.J. PB - Wiley-Interscience KW - Medical statistics KW - Biometry N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface.What is Statistics? How is it Applied in the Health Sciences?Defining Populations and Selecting Samples.Systematic Organization and Display of Data.Summary Statistics.Basic Probability.The Normal Distribution.Sampling Distributions for Means.Estimating Population Means.Tests of Hypotheses.Inferences Regarding Proportions.Categorical Data and Chi-Square Tests.Correlation, Linear Regression, and Logistic Regression.One-Way Analysis of Variance.Nonparametric Methods.Analysis of Survival Times.Software Packages for Statistical Analysis.Postscript.Appendix A. Percentage Points, F-Distribution (alpha = 0.05).Appendix B. Studentized Range Statistics.Appendix C. Quantiles of the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test Statistic.Appendix D. X2 Distribution.Appendix E. Table of the Standard Normal Distribution.Appendix F. Percentage Points, Student's t Distribution.Appendix G. Answers to Selected Exercises.Index UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/wiley043/2002152378.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/wiley035/2002152378.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/wiley031/2002152378.html ER -