Basic & Clinical Biostatistics: Fifth Edition (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781260455366)

Learn to evaluate and apply statistics in medicine, medical research, and all health-related fields

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Basic & Clinical Biostatistics provides medical students, researchers, and practitioners with the knowledge needed to develop sound judgment about data applicable to clinical care. This fifth edition has been updated throughout to deliver a comprehensive, timely introduction to biostatistics and epidemiology as applied to medicine, clinical practice, and research. Particular emphasis is on study design and interpretation of results of research.

The book features "Presenting Problems" drawn from studies published in the medical literature, end-of-chapter exercises, and a reorganization of content to reflect the way investigators ask research questions. To facilitate learning, each chapter contain a set of key concepts underscoring the important ideas discussed.

Features:

• Key components include a chapter on survey research and expanded discussion
  of logistic regression, the Cox model, and other multivariate statistical methods
• Extensive examples illustrate statistical methods and design issues
• Updated examples using R, an open source statistical software package
• Expanded coverage of data visualization, including content on visual perception
  and discussion of tools such as Tableau, Qlik and MS Power BI
• Sampling and power calculations imbedded with discussion of the statistical model
• Updated content, examples, and data sets throughout

Author: Susan White
ISBN-10: 126045536X
ISBN-13: 9781260455366
Publisher: McGraw Hill / Medical
Language: English
Published: 10/04/2019
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.10h x 7.30w x 0.60d