Basic & Clinical Biostatistics - Softcover

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Learn to evaluate and apply statistics in medicine, medical research, and all health-related fields
 
Basic & Clinical Biostatistics provides medical students, researchers, and practitioners with the knowledge needed to develop sound judgment about data applicable to clinical care. This fifth edition has been updated throughout to deliver a comprehensive, timely introduction to biostatistics and epidemiology as applied to medicine, clinical practice, and research. Particular emphasis is on study design and interpretation of results of research.
 
The book features Presenting Problems drawn from studies published in the medical literature, end-of-chapter exercises, and a reorganization of content to reflect the way investigators ask research questions. To facilitate learning, each chapter contain a set of key concepts underscoring the important ideas discussed.
 
Features:
 
  Key components include a chapter on survey research and expanded discussion
   of logistic regression, the Cox model, and other multivariate statistical methods
  Extensive examples illustrate statistical methods and design issues
  Updated examples using R, an open source statistical software package
  Expanded coverage of data visualization, including content on visual perception
   and discussion of tools such as Tableau, Qlik and MS Power BI
  Sampling and power calculations imbedded with discussion of the statistical model
  Updated content, examples, and data sets throughout

 

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