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.