Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 570.15195 EAN: 9780131176607 ISBN: 0131176609 Label: Prentice Hall Manufacturer: Prentice Hall Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 552 Publication Date: January 14, 2007 Publisher: Prentice Hall Sales Rank: 663753 Studio: Prentice Hall
This book provides a solid foundation in introductory biostatistics with up-to-date methods, lucid explanations, and a modern approach. Explains commonly used biostatistical methods, such as odds and risk ratios, and Fisher's exact test, in a clear and thorough manner. Introduces equivalence testing in a variety of research settings. Presents nonparametric methods in a modern light, couched in the broader context of permutation-based methods. Provides real-world data with case studies consisting of synopses of published research. Provides step-by-step solutions to exercises, along with pertinent equations used in obtaining the solution and page numbers of relevant discussions. For health science students and professionals who need to increase their understanding of biostatistics.
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Rating: - Am I really the only one writing a poor review???
I have to confess to being a bit surprised in the fact that I am the only one to, up until this point, write a negative review of this book. I am currently a graduate student in a biostatistics program at Tulane University and I think that my first semester biostats instructor summed up this book best in her stating that "I think it is clear that this book was not written by statisticians."
This book provides a number of misrepresentations of statistics and rarely provides enough ... Read More
Rating: - Good Textbook, With Some Reservations
I have used other biostatistics texts before, and this is indeed one of the better ones. Generally, the explanations are clear and easy to follow, but not always. Sometimes, the author will go into far too much detail and risks losing all but the most capable students under a mountain of excessive information for an intro textbook.
Other times, the example calculations will not match up with the instructions given. For example, when doing a two-tailed test and testing for significance, ... Read More
Rating: - Clear
I am not good at statistics, but I find this text to be clear, even for me. It has also served well as a reference.
- Am I really the only one writing a poor review???
- Good Textbook, With Some Reservations
- Clear
