Basic statistics for the health sciences /
Jan W. Kuzma, Stephen E. Bohnenblust.
- 5th ed.
- Boston : McGraw-Hill, c2005.
- xv, 384 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Statistics and How They Are Used -- Populations and Samples -- Organizing and Displaying Data -- Summarizing Data -- Probability -- The Normal Distribution -- Sampling Distribution of Means -- One-Sample Significance Testing, Point Estimates, and Confidence Intervals -- Two-Sample Significance Testing, Point Estimates, and Confidence Intervals -- ANOVA -- Inferences Regarding Proportions -- The Chi-Square Test -- Correlation and Linear Regression -- Nonparametric Methods -- Vital Statistics and Demographic Methods -- Life Tables -- The Health Survey and the Research Report.
The first introductory statistics text written specifically to make statistics accessible for health science students . Assuming no prerequisites other than high school algebra, the authors provide numerous examples from health settings, a wealth of helpful learning aids, as well as hundreds of exercises to help students succeed in the course. -- by Amazon.