TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pezzullo,John C.
TI  - Biostatistics for dummies
T2  - --For dummies
SN  - 9781118553985 (paperback)
AV  - QH323.5 .P48 2013
U1  - 570.15195 PEZ-J 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - NJ
PB  - John Wiley & Sons.
KW  - Biometry
KW  - fast
KW  - Biostatistik
KW  - gnd
N1  - Includes index; Introduction -- About This Book -- Conventions Used in This Book -- What You're Not to Read -- Foolish Assumptions -- How This Book Is Organized -- Icons Used in This Book -- Where to Go from Here --; Part I: Beginning with Biostatistics Basics. Chapter 1: Biostatistics 101 --  Chapter 2: Overcoming Mathophobia: Reading and Understanding Mathematical Expressions -- Chapter 3: Getting Statistical: A Short Review of Basic Statistics -- Chapter 4: Counting on Statistical Software -- Chapter 5: Conducting Clinical Research -- Chapter 6: Looking at Clinical Trials and Drug Development --; Part II: Getting Down and Dirty with Data. Chapter 7: Getting Your Data into the Computer --  Chapter 8: Summarizing and Graphing Your Data -- Chapter 9: Aiming for Accuracy and Precision -- Chapter 10: Having Confidence in Your Results -- Chapter 11: Fuzzy In Equals Fuzzy Out: Pushing Imprecision through a Formula --; Part III: Comparing Groups. Chapter 12: Comparing Average Values between Groups -- Chapter 13: Comparing Porportions and Analyzing Cross-Tabulations -- Chapter 14: Taking a Closer Look at Fourfold Tables -- Chapter 15: Analyzing Incidence and Prevalence Rates in Epidemiologic Data -- Chapter 16: Feeling Noninferior (Or Equivalent) --; Part IV: Looking for Relationships with Correlation and Regression. Chapter 17: Introducing Correlation and Regression -- Chapter 18: Getting Straight Talk on Straight-Line Regression -- Chapter 19: More of a Good Thing: Multiple Regression -- Chapter 20: A Yes-or-No Proposition: Logistic Regression -- Chapter 21: Other Useful Kinds of Regression --; Part V: Analyzing Survival Data. Chapter 22: Summarizing and Graphing Survival Data -- Chapter 23: Comparing Survival Times -- Chapter 24: Survival Regression --; Part VI: The Part of Tens. Chapter 25: Ten Distributions Worth Knowing -- Chapter 26: Ten Easy Ways to Estimate How Many Subjects You Need -- Index
N2  - Biostatisticans are charged with binding answers to some of the world's most pressing health questions. This guide covers the relevant topics you'd encounter in a biostatistics course, and provides plain-English explanations of important concepts --
ER  -