Basic and Clinical Biostatistics (Lange Medical Books) - Softcover

Beth Dawson-Saunders

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0838505422 ISBN 13: 9780838505427

Publisher: Appleton & Lange, 1994

Synopsis

Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. A Lange Medical Book. Brandon/Hill Medical List selection. Introduces the medical student, practitioner, and researchers to the study of statistics applied to medicine.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The ideal way to develop sound judgment about data applicable to clinical care.
*First choice of students, educators, and practitioners
*A thorough, meaningful, and interesting presentation of biostatistics
*Helps students become informed users and consumers of biostatistics

" ... Readers may 'learn' and then 'do' immediately ... I learned a lot from this book."
―Online review of the Third Edition

Learn to evaluate and apply statistics in medicine, medical research, and all health-related fields.
*Emphasis on the basics of biostatistics and epidemiology and the clinical applications in evidence-based medicine and decision-making methods
*NEW chapter on survey research
*Expanded discussion of logistic regression, the Cox model, and other multivariate statistical methods
*Key Concepts in each chapter pinpoint essential information
*Presenting Problems drawn from studies in the medical literature that illustrate the various statistical methods
*CD-ROM with NCSS statistical software, procedures, and data sets from the presenting problems
*End-of-chapter exercises
*Multiple-choice final practice exam

About the Author:

Beth Dawson, PhD (Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield) Robert G. Trapp, MD (The Arthritis Center, Springfield, Illinois; formerly Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield)

About this edition

• Publisher: Appleton & Lange
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0838505422
• ISBN 13: 9780838505427
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 344