Biostatistics: A Foundation for Analysis in the Health Sciences - Hardcover

Daniel, Wayne W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471588520 ISBN 13: 9780471588528

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1994

Synopsis

Encouraging the extensive use of computers, this non-calculus introduction to statistical methods and applications contains printouts from the SAS and MINITAB statistical software packages. The edition has been updated and revised to include new topics, such as logistic and stepwise regression techniques. Among the subjects covered are descriptive statistics, estimation, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, regression analysis (simple, multiple, stepwise and logistic), contingency table analysis, nonparametric statistics, and vital statistics.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Develop the statistical tools needed in the allied health fields  

Anyone entering the allied health field needs to have a working understanding of how data can be turned into useful information. Now in its ninth edition, Wayne W. Daniel s Biostatistics: A Foundation for Analysis in the Health Sciences provides a comprehensive introduction to biostatistics as it is used in the biological sciences.

Designed for the undergraduate and graduate student across a range of fields, from the health disciplines to forestry and animal husbandry, the text takes an applied and computer–oriented approach to its topical coverage. Its chapters take you from the basic concepts of probability through hypothesis testing, linear regression and correlation, the analysis of variance, chi–square distribution, nonparametric and distribution–free statistics, and more.

This new edition adds much new and expanded material, including such features as:

• Integration of new applications from several biological science fields throughout the pages
• Highlighting of main ideas with bulleted objectives at the start of each chapter
• Summary boxes of formulae and statistical rules for easy reference and review
• Support for multiple programs such as SPSS, SAS, and STATA, in addition to Minitab
• Screen captures and technology boxes with step–by–step help
• Real–world practice through examples and exercises using data from actual research projects and reports

About the Author

Wayne W. Daniel  is on the faculty of Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0471588520
• ISBN 13: 9780471588528
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 800