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Introductory Biostatistics for the Health Sciences
Michael R. Chernick
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Description for Introductory Biostatistics for the Health Sciences
Hardcover. Offers an introduction to biostatistics and its applications. This book features advances in the bootstrap, outliers, and meta-analysis. Num Pages: 424 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBNS; PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 766.
Accessible to medicine- and/or public policy-related audiences, as well as most statisticians.
* Emphasis on outliers is discussed by way of detection and treatment.
* Resampling statistics software is incorporated throughout.
* Motivating applications are presented in light of honest theory.
* Plentiful exercises are sprinkled throughout.
Accessible to medicine- and/or public policy-related audiences, as well as most statisticians.
* Emphasis on outliers is discussed by way of detection and treatment.
* Resampling statistics software is incorporated throughout.
* Motivating applications are presented in light of honest theory.
* Plentiful exercises are sprinkled throughout.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780471411376
SKU
V9780471411376
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99-50
About Michael R. Chernick
MICHAEL R. CHERNICK, PhD, is the Assistant Director of Biostatistics at Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals, Inc., in Princeton, New Jersey. He is the author of Bootstrap Methods: A Practitioner's Guide. ROBERT FRIIS, PhD, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Science at California State University, Long Beach. He is senior author of Epidemiology for Public Health Practice and has published more than fifty papers related to epidemiology.
Reviews for Introductory Biostatistics for the Health Sciences
“…readers will come away with a better understanding of biostatistics...” (Statistical Methods in Medical Research, Vol.14, No.1, 2005) "…a good textbook for an introductory course in biostatistics at the advanced undergraduate/beginning graduate level…covers a broader variety of topics that is usually found in comparable textbooks…" (The American Statistician, Vol. 58, No. 2, May 2004) "...lucid writing style and numerous real-world examples add to the book's appeal and value...complex subject uniquely accessible..." (Zentralblatt Math, Vol. 1028, 2004) “...the authors’ lucid writing style and numerous interesting real-world examples make a complex subject quite acc3essible to a diverse audience...I recommend this book to undergraduate statistics students, medical personnel, public health trainees, or nursing and medical students...would also make an excellent textbook for an introductory...biostatistics course.” (Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2004b) "...the book is most successful in meeting the needs of students..." (Technometrics, Vol. 45, No. 4, November 2003)