Biostatistics : the bare essentials

This new edition of the book will be produced in two versions. The textbook will include a CD-Rom with two videotaped lectures by the authors. This book translates biostatistics in the health sciences literature with clarity and irreverence. Students and practitioners alike, applaud Biostatistics as the practical guide that exposes them to every statistical test they may encounter, with careful conceptual explanations and a minimum of algebra. The Nature Of Data And Statistics: The Basics -- Looking At The Data -- Describing The Data With Numbers -- The Normal Distribution -- Probability -- Elements Of Statistical Inference -- Analysis Of Variance: Comparing Two Groups The T-test -- More Than Two Groups One Way Anova -- Factorial Anova -- Two Repeated Observations The Paired T-test And Alternatives -- Repaeted-measures Anova -- Multivariate Anova (manova) -- C.r.a.p. Detectors -- Regression And Correlation: Simple Regression And Correlation -- Multiple Regression -- Logistic And Poisson Regression -- Advanced Topis In Regression And Anova -- Measuring Change -- Analysis Of Longitudinal Data: Hierarchical Linear Modeling -- Non-parametric Statistics: Tests Of Significance For Categorical Frequency Data -- Measures Of Association For Categorical Data -- Tests Of Significance For Ranked Data -- Measures Of Association For Ranked Data -- Survival Analysis -- Measures Of Impact Introductory Side Bar -- Reprise: Equivalence And Non-inferiority Testing -- Screwups, Oddballs, And Other Vagaries Of Science -- Putting It All Together -- Gettting Started With Spss. Geoffrey R. Norman, Phd, Professor, Department Of Clinical Epidemiology And Biostatistics, Mcmaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, David L. Streiner, Phd, Professor, Department Of Psychiatry, University Of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Professor Emeritus, Department Of Clinical Epidemiology And Biostatistics, Professor Emeritus, Department Of Psychiatry And Behavioural Neurosciences, Mcmaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Master Woodworker, Halton County Radial Railway Museum, Milton, Ontario, Canada. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This new edition of Biostatistics: The Bare Essentials continues the tradition of translating biostatistics in the health sciences literature with clarity and irreverence. Students and practitioners alike applaud Biostatistics as a practical guide that exposes them to every statistical test they are likely to encounter, with careful conceptual explanations and a minimum of algebra. "New for 2014, Biostatistics: The Bare Essentials, 4th Edition, includes updated information on robust estimators of the mean, the problems of multiple hypothesis testing, bootstrapping and resampling and non-parametric stats. In addition, an entirely new chapter title Measures of Impact discusses measures of incidence and prevalence, risk, morbidity and fatality rates, and more."