Basic Biostatistics Statistics for Public Health Practice

Basic Biostatistics Statistics for Public Health Practice

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Basic Biostatistics is a concise, introductory text that covers biostatistical principles and focuses on the common types of data encountered in public health and biomedical fields. The text puts equal emphasis on exploratory and confirmatory statistical methods. Sampling, exploratory data analysis,...

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Main Author: Gerstman, B. Burt (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Burlington, Massachusetts Jones & Bartlett Learning 2015
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Biometry > methods
Public Health Practice
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Table of Contents:
  • Measurement
  • Types of studies
  • Frequency distributions
  • Summary statistics
  • Probability concepts
  • Binomial probability distributions
  • Normal probability distributions
  • Introduction to statistical inference
  • Basics of hypothesis testing
  • Basics of confidence intervals
  • Inference about a mean
  • Comparing independent means
  • Comparing several means (one-way analysis of variance)
  • Correlation and regression
  • Multiple linear regression
  • Inference about a proportion
  • Comparing two proportions
  • Cross-tabulated counts
  • Stratified 2-by-2 tables

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