Introduction to Biostatistics and research methods/

Sundar Rao,P.S.S

Introduction to Biostatistics and research methods/ by P.S.S.Sundar Rao and J.Richard - 4th ed. - New Delhi: Prentice -Hall of India, 2006. - xiv,262p.

1. Scope of statistical methods in medicine --
2. Role of statistics in clinical medicine --
3. Role of statistics in preventive medicine --
4. Observations in medicine --
5. Frequency distribution -- 6. Measures of central tendency and location --
7. Measures of dispersion --
8. Probability --
9. Probability distributions --
10. Sampling -- 11. Basis of statistical inference --
12. Tests of significance and estimation --
13. Linear regression and correlation --
14. The chi-square test --
15. Analysis of variance -- 16. Non-parametric or distribution-free statistical tests --
17. Further statistical methods --
18. Vital statistics --
19. Health statistics --
20. Standardised death rates and life tables -- 21. Demography --
22. Introduction to research methods --
23. Experimental studies --
24. Observational studies --
25. Data processing --
26. Presentation of data.

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Biometry
Medicine--Research--Statistical methods
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