Basic biostatistics for geneticists and epidemiologists
Subtitle: a practical approach
By: Robert C. Elston, William D. Johnson.
Contributors: Johnson, William Davis, 1941-
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex; Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780470024898; 9780470024904
Subjects: Medical statistics; Medical genetics -- Statistical methods; Epidemiology -- Statistical methods; Biometry -- methods; Data Collection; Epidemiologic Methods; Genetics, Medical
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the role and relevance of statistics, genetics, and epidemiology in medicine; title: Populations, samples, and study design; title: Descriptive statistics; title: The laws of probability; title: Random variables and distributions; title: Estimates and confidence limits; title: Significance tests and tests of hypotheses; title: Likelihood ratios, Bayesian methods, and multiple hypotheses; title: The many uses of chi-square; title: Correlation and regression; title: Analysis of variance and linear models; title: Some specialized techniques; title: Guides to a critical evaluation of published reports.