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Biostatistics: A Foundation For Analysis in The Health Sciences
Biostatistics: A Foundation For Analysis in The Health Sciences
Daniel, Wayne W.
ISBN-13: 9780470105825
Table of Contents
Preface.
1. Introduction To Biostatistics.
1.1 Introduction.
1.2 Some Basic Concepts.
1.3 Measurement and Measurement Scales.
1.4 Sampling and Statistical Inference.
1.5 The Scientific Method and the Design of Experiments.
1.6 Computers and Biostatistical Analysis.
1.7 Summary.
Review Questions and Exercises.
References.
2. Descriptive Statistics.
2.1 Introduction.
2.2 The Ordered Array.
2.3 Grouped Data: The Frequency Distribution.
2.4 Descriptive Statistics: Measures of Central Tendency.
2.5 Descriptive Statistics: Measures of Dispersion.
2.6 Summary.
Review Questions and Exercises.
References.
3. Some Basic Probability Concepts.
3.1 Introduction.
3.2 Two Views of Probability: Objective and Subjective.
3.3 Elementary Properties of Probability.
3.4 Calculating the Probability of an Event.
3.5 Bayes' Theorem, Screening Tests, Sensitivity, Specificity, and Predictive Value Positive and Negative.
Summary.
Review Questions and Exercises.
References.
4. Probability Distributions.
4.1 Introduction.
4.2 Probability Distributions of Discrete Variables.
4.3 The Binomial Distribution.
4.3 The Binomial Distribution.
4.4 The Poisson Distribution.
4.5 Continuous Probability Distributions.
4.6 The Normal Distribution.
4.7 Normal Distribution Applications.
4.8 Summary.
Review Questions and Exercises.
References.
5. Some Important Sampling Distributions.
5.1 Introduction.
5.2 Sampling Distributions.
5.3 Distribution of the Sample Mean.
5.4 Distribution of the Difference Between Two Sample Means.
5.5 Distribution of the Sample Proportion.
5.6 Distribution of the Difference Between Two Sample Proportions.
5.7 Summary.
Review Questions and Exercises.
References.
6. Estimation.
6.1 Introduction.
6.2 Confidence Interval for a Population Mean.