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Biostatistics. Basic Concepts and Methodology for the Health Sciences, 10th Edition International Student Version. Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics

  • Book

  • 960 Pages
  • February 2013
  • Region: Global
  • John Wiley and Sons Ltd
  • ID: 3148802
This Tenth Edition of Biostatistics maintains its predecessors comprehensive approach to biostatistics as it is used in the biological sciences. Successfully utilized by both statisticians and practitioners, Biostatistics is an algebra–based text geared towards the advanced undergraduate and graduate student. This new edition has been revised to more closely align with the modern practice of biostatics, teaching methods, and technologies.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Getting Acquainted with Biostatistics

Chapter 2: Strategies for Understanding the Meanings of Data

Chapter 3: Probability: The Basis of Statistical Inference

Chapter 4: Probabilistic Features of Certain Data Distributions

Chapter 5: Probabilistic Features of the Distributions of Certain Sample Statistics

Chapter 6: Using Sample Data to Make Estimates About Population Parameters

Chapter 7: Using Sample Statistics to Test Hypotheses About Population Parameters

Chapter 8: Statistical Inference and the Analysis of Data Variability

Chapter 9: Statistical Inference and the Relationship Between Two Variables

Chapter 10: Statistical Inference and the Relationships Among Three or More Variables

Chapter 11: Additional Techniques for the Analysis of Relationships Among Variables

Chapter 12: Analysis of Frequency Data: An Introduction to the Chi–Square Distribution

Chapter 13: Special Techniques for Use When Population Parameters and/or Population Distributions are Unknown

Chapter 14: Survival Analysis

Chapter 15: Vital Statistics ∗Online Only∗

Authors

Wayne W. Daniel Chad L. Cross