Steve Selvin

Biostatistics : How it works - Pearson Education 2005 - 402p.

I. Probability: Properties of samples -- 1. Descriptive statistics -- 2. Probability -- 3. Random variables -- 4. Probability distributions -- II. Statistics: Properties of sampled populations -- 5. Statistical inference I -- 6. Statistical inference II -- 7. Chi-square analysis -- 8. Linear regression -- 9. Correlation.

Aims to provide an introduction of how statistics works at a beginning level. Every concept is explained, along with a mathematical/statistical justification, and then illustrated by at least one worked data example. This text allows readers to acquire the ability to understand complicated statistical issues, such as linear regression theory.

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Medical statistics. Biometry. Statistics.

519.2 SEL-B