Basic biostatistics : statistics for public health practice /
Gerstman, B. Burt
Basic biostatistics : statistics for public health practice / B. Burt Gerstman - Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2008 - xvii, 557 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
Part I general concept and techniques -- Types of studies -- Frequency distributions -- Summary statistics -- Probability concepts -- Binomial probability distributions -- Normal probability distributions -- Introduction to statistical inference -- Basics of hypotheses testing -- Basics of confidence intervals -- Part II quantitative response variable -- Inference about a mean -- Comparing independent means -- Comparing several means (one-way ANOVA) -- Correlation and regression -- Multiple linear regression -- Part III categorical response variable -- Inference about a proportion -- Comparing two proportions -- Cross-tabulated counts -- Stratified 2-by-2 tables.
0763735809 (alk. paper) 9780763735807 (alk. paper)
2007-003334
Medical statistics
Biometry
Public health--Statistical methods
Basic biostatistics : statistics for public health practice / B. Burt Gerstman - Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2008 - xvii, 557 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
Part I general concept and techniques -- Types of studies -- Frequency distributions -- Summary statistics -- Probability concepts -- Binomial probability distributions -- Normal probability distributions -- Introduction to statistical inference -- Basics of hypotheses testing -- Basics of confidence intervals -- Part II quantitative response variable -- Inference about a mean -- Comparing independent means -- Comparing several means (one-way ANOVA) -- Correlation and regression -- Multiple linear regression -- Part III categorical response variable -- Inference about a proportion -- Comparing two proportions -- Cross-tabulated counts -- Stratified 2-by-2 tables.
0763735809 (alk. paper) 9780763735807 (alk. paper)
2007-003334
Medical statistics
Biometry
Public health--Statistical methods