Statistical Methods for Biomedical Research (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789811228865)

This book consists of four parts with 32 chapters adapted for four short courses, from the basic to the advanced levels of medical statistics (biostatistics), ideal for biomedical students. Part 1 is a compulsory course of Basic Statistics with descriptive statistics, parameter estimation and hypothesis test, simple correlation and regression. Part 2 is a selective course on Study Design and Implementation with sampling survey, interventional study, observational study, diagnosis study, data sorting and article writing. Part 3 is a specially curated course of Multivariate Analyses with complex analyses of variance, variety of regressions and classical multivariate analyses. Part 4 is a seminar course on Introduction to Advanced Statistical Methods with meta-analysis, time series, item response theory, structure equation model, multi-level model, bio-informatics, genetic statistics and data mining.The main body of each chapter is followed by five practical sections: Report Writing, Case Discrimination, Computer Experiments, Frequently Asked Questions and Summary, and Practice & Think. Moreover, there are 2 attached Appendices, Appendix A includes Introductions to SPSS, Excel and R respectively, and Appendix B includes all the programs, data and printouts for Computer Experiments in addition to the Tests for Review and the reference answers for Case Discrimination as well as Practice & Think..This book can be used as a textbook for biomedical students at both under- and postgraduate levels. It can also serve as an important guide for researchers, professionals and officers in the biomedical field.

Author: Ji-Qian Fang
ISBN-10: 9811228868
ISBN-13: 9789811228865
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 04/08/2021
Pages: 1160
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.75lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 2.38d