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1 online resource (685 p.) |
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Intro -- APPLIED BIOSTATISTICS FOR THE HEALTH SCIENCES -- PREFACE -- Contents -- CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO BIOSTATISTICS -- 1.1 What is Biostatistics -- 1.2 Populations, Samples, and Statistics -- 1.2.1 The Basic Biostatistical Terminology -- 1.2.2 Biomedical Studies -- 1.2.3 Observational Studies Versus Experiments -- 1.3 Clinical Trials -- 1.3.1 Safety and Ethical Considerations in a Clinical Trial -- 1.3.2 Types of Clinical Trials -- 1.3.3 The Phases of a Clinical Trial -- 1.4 Data Set Descriptions -- 1.4.1 Birth Weight Data Set -- 1.4.2 Body Fat Data Set |
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1.4.3 Coronary Heart Disease Data Set -- 1.4.4 Prostate Cancer Study Data Set -- 1.4.5 Intensive Care Unit Data Set -- 1.4.6 Mammography Experience Study Data Set -- 1.4.7 Benign Breast Disease Study -- 1.4.8 Exerbike Data Sets -- Glossary -- Exercises -- CHAPTER 2 DESCRIBING POPULATIONS -- 2.1 Populations and Variables -- 2.1.1 Qualitative Variables -- 2.1.2 Quantitative Variables -- 2.1.3 Multivariate Data -- 2.2 Population Distributions and Parameters -- 2.2.1 Distributions -- 2.2.2 Describing a Population with Parameters -- 2.2.3 Proportions and Percentiles |
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2.2.4 Parameters Measuring Centrality -- 2.2.5 Measures of Dispersion -- 2.2.6 The Coefficient of Variation -- 2.2.7 Parameters for Bivariate Populations -- 2.3 Probability -- 2.3.1 Basic Probability Rules -- 2.3.2 Conditional Probability -- 2.3.3 Independence -- 2.3.4 The Relative Risk and the Odds Ratio -- 2.4 Probability Models -- 2.4.1 The Binomial Probability Model -- 2.4.2 The Normal Probability Model -- 2.4.3 Z Scores -- Glossary -- Exercises -- CHAPTER 3 RANDOM SAMPLING -- 3.1 Obtaining Representative Data -- 3.1.1 The Sampling Plan -- 3.1.2 Probability Samples |
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3.2 Commonly Used Sampling Plans -- 3.2.1 Simple Random Sampling -- 3.2.2 Stratified Random Sampling -- 3.2.3 Cluster Sampling -- 3.2.4 Systematic Sampling -- 3.3 Determining the Sample Size -- 3.3.1 The Sample Size for Simple and Systematic Random Samples -- 3.3.2 The Sample Size for a Stratified Random Sample -- Glossary -- Exercises -- CHAPTER 4 SUMMARIZING RANDOM SAMPLES -- 4.1 Samples and Inferential Statistics -- 4.2 Inferential Graphical Statistics -- 4.2.1 Bar and Pie Charts -- 4.2.2 Boxplots -- 4.2.3 Histograms -- 4.2.4 Normal Probability Plots |
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4.3 Numerical Statistics for Univariate Data Sets -- 4.3.1 Estimating Population Proportions -- 4.3.2 Estimating Population Percentiles -- 4.3.3 Estimating the Mean, Median, and Mode -- 4.3.4 Estimating the Variance and Standard Deviation -- 4.3.5 Linear Transformations -- 4.3.6 The Plug-in Rule for Estimation -- 4.4 Statistics for Multivariate Data Sets -- 4.4.1 Graphical Statistics for Bivariate Data Sets -- 4.4.2 Numerical Summaries for Bivariate Data Sets -- 4.4.3 Fitting Lines to Scatterplots -- Glossary -- Exercises -- CHAPTER 5 MEASURING THE RELIABILITY OF STATISTICS |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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5.1 Sampling Distributions |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781119722670 |
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1119722675 |
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