TY - BOOK AU - Dawson,Beth AU - Trapp,Robert G. TI - Basic & clinical biostatistics T2 - Lange medical book SN - 0071410171 (alk. paper) AV - QH323.5 .D38 2004 U1 - 610.1/5195 22 PY - 2004/// CY - New York PB - Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill, Medical Pub. Division KW - Biometry KW - methods KW - Statistics N1 - "A Lange medical book."; Includes bibliographical references (p. 415-421) and index; Introduction to medical research -- Study designs in medical research -- Summarizing data & presenting data in tables & graphs -- Probability & related topics for making inferences about data -- Research questions about one group -- Research questions about two separate or independent groups -- Research questions about means in three or more groups -- Research questions about relationships among variables -- Analyzing research questions about survival -- Statistical methods for multiple variables -- Survey research -- Methods of evidence-based medicine and decision analysis -- Reading the medical literature -- Appendix A. Tables -- Appendix B. Answers to exercises -- Appendix C. Flowcharts for relating research questions to statistical methods N2 - Helps readers learn to evaluate and apply statistics in medicine, medical research, and various health-related fields. This book includes a chapter on survey research. It also provides a discussion of logistic regression, the Cox model, and other multivariate statistical methods UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0627/2005283683-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0627/2005283683-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0627/2005283683-t.html ER -