| Edition |
4th ed. |
| Description |
x, 438 pages : illustrations + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.). |
| Series |
A Lange medical book |
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Lange medical book.
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| Note |
"A Lange medical book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-421) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction to medical research -- Study designs in medical research -- Summarizing data & presenting data in tables & graphs -- Probability & related topics for making inferences about data -- Research questions about one group -- Research questions about two separate or independent groups -- Research questions about means in three or more groups -- Research questions about relationships among variables -- Analyzing research questions about survival -- Statistical methods for multiple variables -- Survey research -- Methods of evidence-based medicine and decision analysis -- Reading the medical literature -- Appendix A. Tables -- Appendix B. Answers to exercises -- Appendix C. Flowcharts for relating research questions to statistical methods. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Biometry.
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Statistics.
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Biometry -- methods.
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Biometry. (OCoLC)fst00832611
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Statistics. (OCoLC)fst01132103
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Statistiek.
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Geneeskunde.
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Biometrie. (DE-588)4124925-2
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| Added Author |
Trapp, Robert G.
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| Added Title |
Basic and clinical biostatistics |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Dawson, Beth. Basic & clinical biostatistics. 4th ed. New York : Lange Medical Books-McGraw-Hill, Medical Pub. Division, ©2004 (OCoLC)605211944 |
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Online version: Dawson, Beth. Basic & clinical biostatistics. 4th ed. New York : Lange Medical Books-McGraw-Hill, Medical Pub. Division, ©2004 (OCoLC)607061822 |
| ISBN |
0071410171 |
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