TY - BOOK AU - Sundar Rao,P.S.S AU - Richard,J TI - Introduction to Biostatistics and research methods SN - 8120328760 U1 - 570.15195 PY - 2006/// CY - New Delhi PB - Prentice -Hall of India KW - Biometry KW - Medicine--Research--Statistical methods KW - Medical statistics N1 - 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 ER -