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Gerstman, B. Burt.

Basic biostatistics : statistics for public health practice / statistics for public health practice / B. Burt Gerstman. - Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2008. - xvii, 557 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Book

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I general concept and techniques -- Types of studies -- Frequency distributions -- Summary statistics -- Probability concepts -- Binomial probability distributions -- Normal probability distributions -- Introduction to statistical inference -- Basics of hypotheses testing -- Basics of confidence intervals -- Part II quantitative response variable -- Inference about a mean -- Comparing independent means -- Comparing several means (one-way ANOVA) -- Correlation and regression -- Multiple linear regression -- Part III categorical response variable -- Inference about a proportion -- Comparing two proportions -- Cross-tabulated counts -- Stratified 2-by-2 tables.

ISBN: 9780763735807 (alk. paper) 0763735809 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2007003334

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 101298166 DNLM

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Medical statistics.
Biometry.
Public health--Statistical methods.
Biometry--methods.
Public Health Practice.

LC Class. No.: RA409 / .G47 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 362.1072/7

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 2007 K-295 WA 950 / G383b 2008