Basic & clinical biostatistics /

Dawson, Beth

Basic & clinical biostatistics / Beth Dawson and Robert G. Trapp. - Fourth edition. - New York : McGraw Hill Education, c2004 - x, 438 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction to Medical Research -- 2. Study Designs in Medical Research -- 3. Summarizing Data & Presenting Data in Tables and Graphs -- 4. Probability & Related Topics for Making Inferences About Data -- 5. Research Questions about One Group -- 6. Research Questions about Two Separate or Independent Groups -- 7. Research Questions about Means in Three or More Groups -- 8. Research Questions about Relationships among Variables -- 9. Analyzing Research Questions about Survival -- 10. Statistical Methods for Multiple Variables -- 11. Survey Research -- 12. Methods of Evidence-Based Medicine & Decision Analysis -- 13. Reading the Medical Literature -- Appendix A: Tables -- Appendix B: Answers to Exercises -- Appendix C: Flowcharts -- Glossary

Provides an introduction to biostatistics and epidemiology applied to medicine, clinical practice, and research. It features "Presenting Problems" (case studies) drawn from studies published in the medical literature, end-of-chapter, and a CD-ROM with data sets and statistical software programs.

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RESEARCH METHODS

QH 323.5 .D39 2004