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Intuitive Biostatistics

By Harvey Motulsky

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
1995
ISBN
9780195086065, 0-19-508606-6
LCC
R853.S7 M68 1995
Open Library ID
OL1276532M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
10 MB (10324828 bytes)
Edition
illustrated edition
Pages
404\404
Time added
2014-10-05 02:30:00

Description

A non-mathematical introduction to statistics to medical students, physicians, researchers and graduate students in biological sciences. The goal has been to explain statistical principles in plain language so one can understand the results published in biological and medical journals. Like all statistical books, this one proves a few mathematical theorems and provides step-by-step methods for some statistical tests, but the emphasis is always on how to interpret the results, not on how to perform the tests.;The book differs from other introductory biostatistics books in several ways: there is a broader range of topics - including survival curves, logistic regression, proportional hazards regression, nonlinear regression, Bayesian analysis and lod scores. Although these are not discussed in depth depth in a short introductory book, the author shows what they are used for and how to interpret the results. There is also an emphasis on interpretation, not calculation. Many books devote many pages to step-by-step instructions for calculating statistical tests. This book assumes that the calculations will be done by computer, so places little emphasis on the mechanics of the calculation

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