Biostatistics
Subtitle: the bare essentials
By: Geoffrey R. Norman, David L. Streiner.
Contributors: Streiner, David L.
Publisher: B.D. Decker
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Hamilton, Ontario
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
Subjects: Biometry; Biometry -- Data processing
Description: A synopsis of biostatistics for the nonspecialist with short explanations of specific functions using SPSS/PC, BMDP, and Minitab computer software.
Notes: Reprint of the 1994 original published by Mosby.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-234) and index.
Table of contents: title: Nature of data and statistics; title: Basics; title: Looking at the data: a first look at graphing data; title: Describing the data with numbers: measures of central tendency and dispersion; title: Normal distribution; title: Probability; title: Elements of statistical inference; title: Analysis of variance; title: Comparing two groups: the t-test; title: More than two groups: one-way ANOVA; title: Factorial ANOVA; title: Two repeated observations: the paired t-test and alternatives; title: Repeated measures ANOVA; title: Regression and correlation; title: Simple regression and correlation; title: Multiple regression; title: Advanced topics in regression and ANOVA; title: Principal components and factor analysis: fooling around with factors; title: Nonparametric statistics; title: Tests of significance for categorical frequency data; title: Measures of association for categorical data; title: Tests of significance for ranked data; title: Measures of association for ranked data; title: Life table (survival) analysis; title: Reprise; title: Screwups, oddballs and other vagarities of science: locating outliers, handling missing data and transformations; title: Putting it all together.