Biostatistics : a methodology for the health sciences / / Gerald van Belle [and four others]

• Autore: Van Belle Gerald
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , [2004]; ©2004
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (894 p.)
• Disciplina: 570.15195
• Soggetto topico: Biometry; Biometria; Estadística matemàtica
• Soggetto genere / forma: Llibres electrònics
• Altri autori: Van BelleGerald FisherLloyd <1939->
• Note generali: First ed. published in 1993, entered under Fisher, Lloyd.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Biostatistics; Contents; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; 1. Introduction to Biostatistics; 2. Biostatistical Design of Medical Studies; 3. Descriptive Statistics; 4. Statistical Inference: Populations and Samples; 5. One- and Two-Sample Inference; 6. Counting Data; 7. Categorical Data: Contingency Tables; 8. Nonparametric, Distribution-Free, and Permutation Models: Robust Procedures; 9. Association and Prediction: Linear Models with One Predictor Variable; 10. Analysis of Variance ; 11. Association and Prediction: Multiple Regression Analysis and Linear Models with Multiple Predictor Variables12. Multiple Comparisons; 13. Discrimination and Classification; 14. Principal Component Analysis and Factor Analysis; 15. Rates and Proportions; 16. Analysis of the Time to an Event: Survival Analysis; 17. Sample Sizes for Observational Studies; 18. Longitudinal Data Analysis; 19. Randomized Clinical Trials; 20. Personal Postscript; Appendix; Author Index; Subject Index; Symbol Index
• Sommario/riassunto: A respected introduction to biostatistics, thoroughly updated and revised The first edition of Biostatistics: A Methodology for the Health Sciences has served professionals and students alike as a leading resource for learning how to apply statistical methods to the biomedical sciences. This substantially revised Second Edition brings the book into the twenty-first century for today's aspiring and practicing medical scientist. This versatile reference provides a wide-ranging look at basic and advanced biostatistical concepts and methods in a format calibrated to individual interests and le
• Titolo autorizzato: Biostatistics
• ISBN: 0-471-60235-3; 1-280-26489-6; 9786610264896; 0-470-33929-2; 0-471-60239-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910145902403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Wiley series in probability and statistics.