Basic and Clinical Biostatistics

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This textbook emphasizes the basics of biostatistics and epidemiology and their clinical applications in evidence-based medicine and decision-making methods. Topics include: study design, summarizing data, probability, research questions, analyzing questions about survival, statistical methods for multiple variables, survey research, decision analysis, and reading the medical literature. A companion CD-ROM contains NCSS statistical software, procedures, and data sets from the presenting problems. The authors teach internal medicine at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


Book Description
A comprehensive user-friendly introduction to biostatistics and epidemiology applied to medicine, clinical practice, and research. Features “Presenting Problems” (case studies) drawn from studies published in the medical literature, end-of-chapter, and a CD-ROM with data sets and statistical software programs.


Book Info
Southern Illinois Univ., Springfield. Brandon/Hill Medical List selection (#615). Textbook introduces statistics as it applies to medicine. Covers the basics of biostatistics and quantitative methods in epidemiology and clinical applications in evidence-based medicine and decision-making methods. Previous edition: c2001. Softcover.


From the Back Cover
The ideal way to develop sound judgment about data applicable to clinical care. *First choice of students, educators, and practitioners *A thorough, meaningful, and interesting presentation of biostatistics *Helps students become informed users and consumers of biostatistics " ... Readers may 'learn' and then 'do' immediately ... I learned a lot from this book." —Online review of the Third Edition Learn to evaluate and apply statistics in medicine, medical research, and all health-related fields. *Emphasis on the basics of biostatistics and epidemiology and the clinical applications in evidence-based medicine and decision-making methods *NEW chapter on survey research *Expanded discussion of logistic regression, the Cox model, and other multivariate statistical methods *Key Concepts in each chapter pinpoint essential information *Presenting Problems drawn from studies in the medical literature that illustrate the various statistical methods *CD-ROM with NCSS statistical software, procedures, and data sets from the presenting problems *End-of-chapter exercises *Multiple-choice final practice exam


About the Author
Beth Dawson, PhD, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL Robert G. Trapp, MD, Springfield, IL


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Learn to evaluate and apply statistics in medicine, medical research, and all health-related fields. *Emphasis on the basics of biostatistics and epidemiology and the clinical applications in evidence-based medicine and decision-making methods *NEW chapter on survey research *Expanded discussion of logistic regression, the Cox model, and other multivariate statistical methods *Key Concepts in each chapter pinpoint essential information *Presenting Problems drawn from studies in the medical literature that illustrate the various statistical methods *CD-ROM with NCSS statistical software, procedures, and data sets from the presenting problems *End-of-chapter exercises *Multiple-choice final practice exam


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