Newly revised and updated, Health and Numbers, Second Edition serves as a concise introduction to basic statistical concepts and reasoning at a level suitable for a broad spectrum of students and professionals in medicine and allied health fields. This user-friendly resource uses real-life examples with real data to emphasize fundamental biostatistical concepts. The book treats fundamental statistical methods with a practical, problems-based approach. It covers the nuts and bolts of elementary applied statistics for those who have no prior knowledge and experience in statistics. It provides an overview of basic ideas on standardization and rates and graphical techniques, offers more exercises than did the first edition, and features Microsoft Excel and SAS samples, and new chapters on comparisons of means and proportions, as well as regression and correlation techniques. Health and Numbers, Second Edition strikes a balance between principles and methods of calculation that is particularly useful for students in medicine and health-related fields who are struggling with required courses in biostatistics.

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T�tulo: Health and Numbers: A Problem-based Introduction to Biostatistics
Editor: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Fecha de publicaci�n: 2001
Idioma: Ingl�s
ISBN 10: 0471416614
ISBN 13: 9780471416616
Encuadernaci�n: Encuadernaci�n de tapa blanda
Edici�n: 2� Edici�n
Estado: Nuevo

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Newly revised and updated, this text serves as a concise introduction to basic statistical concepts and reasoning at a level suitable for a broad spectrum of students in medicine and allied health. Using real-life examples and a problems-based approach, "Health and Numbers, 2e" provides an overview of basic ideas on standardization and rates and graphical techniques, and features Excel and SAS samples.

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Health & Numbers
A Problems-Based Introduction to Biostatistics
Second Edition
Chap T. Le, Ph.D.

The book treats fundamental statistical methods with a practical, problems-based approach. It covers the nuts and bolts of elementary applied statistics for those who have no prior knowledge and experience in statistics. It provides an overview of basic ideas on standardization and rates and graphical techniques, offers more exercises than did the first edition, and features Microsoft� Excel and SAS samples, and new chapters on comparisons of means and proportions, as well as regression and correlation techniques. Health and Numbers, Second Edition strikes a balance between principles and methods of calculation that is particularly useful for students in medicine and health-related fields who are struggling with required courses in biostatistics.

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