This 10th edition of Biostatistics: A Foundation for Analysis in the Health Sciences should appeal to the same audience for which the first nine editions were written: advanced undergraduate students, beginning graduate students, and health professionals in need of a reference book on statistical methodology. Like its predecessors, this edition requires few mathematical prerequisites. Only reasonable proficiency in algebra is required for an understanding of the concepts and methods underlying the calculations. The emphasis continues to be on an intuitive understanding of principles rather than an understanding based on mathematical sophistication. For most of the statistical techniques covered in this edition, we discuss the capabilities of one or more software packages (MINITAB, SAS, SPSS, and NCSS) that may be used to perform the calculations needed for their application. Resulting screen displays are also shown.
Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION TO BIOSTATISTICS 1
2 DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS 19
3 SOME BASIC PROBABILITY CONCEPTS 65
4 PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS 92
5 SOME IMPORTANT SAMPLING DISTRIBUTIONS 134
6 ESTIMATION 161
7 HYPOTHESIS TESTING 214
8 ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE 304
9 SIMPLE LINEAR REGRESSION AND CORRELATION 413
10 MULTIPLE REGRESSION AND CORRELATION 489
11 REGRESSION ANALYSIS: SOME ADDITIONAL TECHNIQUES 539
12 THE CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION AND THE ANALYSIS OF FREQUENCIES 600
13 NONPARAMETRIC AND DISTRIBUTION-FREE STATISTICS 670
14 SURVIVAL ANALYSIS 750
15 VITAL STATISTICS (ONLINE)
APPENDIX: STATISTICAL TABLES A-1
ANSWERS TO ODD-NUMBERED EXERCISES A-107
INDEX I-1
