Biostatistics: A Foundation for Analysis in the Health Sciences (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics - Applied Probability and Statistics Section) - Hardcover

Daniel, Wayne W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471852643 ISBN 13: 9780471852643

Publisher: Wiley, 1987

Synopsis

Offers broad coverage of statistical procedures employed in all the health disciplines, emphasizing learning by intuition rather than by mathematical proof. Focusing on inferential concepts and data analysis, the text presents realistic examples and exercises from many fields, including nursing, physical therapy, respiratory therapy, epidemiology, public health administration, medicine, and mental health. Discusses the expanding role of the computer in health research and administration and encourages the use of computers in problem-solving. There are 100 new exercises--20 with large data sets-- many new illustrations, and a new section on the use of dummy variables in regression analysis. Topics covered include probability distributions, sampling distributions, estimation, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, simple linear regression and correlation, multiple regression and correlation, the chi-square distribution and the analysis of frequencies, nonparametric and distribution-free statistics, and vital statistics.

About this title

From the Publisher

Like its predecessors, this edition stresses intuitive understanding of principles rather than learning by mathematical proof. Provides broad coverage of statistical procedures used in all the health science disciplines. This version contains a greater emphasis on computer applications, and most of the statistical techniques include the MINITAB commands by which they can be applied.

From the Back Cover

Develop the statistical tools needed in the allied health fields  

Anyone entering the allied health field needs to have a working understanding of how data can be turned into useful information. Now in its ninth edition, Wayne W. Daniel’s Biostatistics: A Foundation for Analysis in the Health Sciences provides a comprehensive introduction to biostatistics as it is used in the biological sciences.

Designed for the undergraduate and graduate student across a range of fields, from the health disciplines to forestry and animal husbandry, the text takes an applied and computer-oriented approach to its topical coverage. Its chapters take you from the basic concepts of probability through hypothesis testing, linear regression and correlation, the analysis of variance, chi-square distribution, nonparametric and distribution-free statistics, and more.

This new edition adds much new and expanded material, including such features as:

• Integration of new applications from several biological science fields throughout the pages
• Highlighting of main ideas with bulleted objectives at the start of each chapter
• Summary boxes of formulae and statistical rules for easy reference and review
• Support for multiple programs such as SPSS, SAS, and STATA, in addition to Minitab
• Screen captures and technology boxes with step-by-step help
• Real-world practice through examples and exercises using data from actual research projects and reports

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471852643
• ISBN 13: 9780471852643
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 734