Basic Biostatistics for Geneticists and Epidemiologists
Subtitle: A Practical Approach
Contributors: Robert C. Elston (Editor); William Johnson (Editor)
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Published: April 25, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780470024898
Subjects: Epidemiology & medical statistics; Biostatistics; Medical; Biometry; Epidemiology; Genetics; Statistical methods
Description: Anyone who attempts to read genetics or epidemiology research literature needs to understand the essentials of biostatistics. This book, a revised new edition of the successful Essentials of Biostatistics has been written to provide such an understanding to those who have little or no statistical background and who need to keep abreast of new findings in this fast moving field. Unlike many other elementary books on biostatistics, the main focus of this book is to explain basic concepts needed to understand statistical procedures. This Book:.:.; Surveys basic statistical methods used in the gen.