Basic & Clinical Biostatistics (LANGE Basic Science) - Softcover

Beth Dawson; Robert G. Trapp

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071410171 ISBN 13: 9780071410175

Publisher: Lange Medical Books / McGraw-Hill, 2004

Synopsis

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A comprehensive user-friendly introduction to biostatistics and epidemiology applied to medicine, clinical practice, and research. 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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About the Authors

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Beth Dawson, PhD, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL

Robert G. Trapp, MD, Springfield, IL

From the Back Cover

The ideal way to develop sound judgment about data applicable to clinical care.
*First choice of students, educators, and practitioners
*A thorough, meaningful, and interesting presentation of biostatistics
*Helps students become informed users and consumers of biostatistics

" ... Readers may 'learn' and then 'do' immediately ... I learned a lot from this book."
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Learn to evaluate and apply statistics in medicine, medical research, and all health-related fields.
*Emphasis on the basics of biostatistics and epidemiology and the clinical applications in evidence-based medicine and decision-making methods
*NEW chapter on survey research
*Expanded discussion of logistic regression, the Cox model, and other multivariate statistical methods
*Key Concepts in each chapter pinpoint essential information
*Presenting Problems drawn from studies in the medical literature that illustrate the various statistical methods
*CD-ROM with NCSS statistical software, procedures, and data sets from the presenting problems
*End-of-chapter exercises
*Multiple-choice final practice exam

Edition details

• Publisher: Lange Medical Books / McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071410171
• ISBN 13: 9780071410175
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 416