TY - BOOK AU - Elston,Robert C. AU - Johnson,William Davis TI - Basic biostatistics for geneticists and epidemiologists: a practical approach SN - 0470024895 (hbk.) PY - 2008/// CY - Chichester, U.K. PB - John Wiley & Sons KW - Medical statistics KW - Medical genetics KW - Statistical methods KW - Epidemiology KW - Biometry KW - methods KW - Data Collection KW - Epidemiologic Methods KW - Genetics, Medical N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : the role and relevance of statistics, genetics and epidemiology in medicine -- Populations, samples, and study design -- Descriptive statistics -- The laws of probability -- Random variables and distributions -- Estimates and confidence limits -- Significance tests and tests of hypotheses -- Likelihood ratios, Bayesian methods and multiple hypotheses -- The many uses of chi-square -- Correlation and regression -- Analysis of variance and linear models -- Some specialized techniques -- Guides to a critical evaluation of published reports ER -