Basic statistics for the health sciences / Jan W. Kuzma, Stephen E. Bohnenblust.

By: Kuzma, Jan WContributor(s): Bohnenblust, Stephen EMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Boston : McGraw-Hill, c2005Edition: 5th edDescription: xv, 384 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0072844035 (hardcover); 9780072844030 (hardcover)Subject(s): Medical statistics | StatisticsDDC classification: 519.502461 LOC classification: RA409 | .K88 2005Online resources: Publisher description | Table of contents only
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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