Basic & Clinical Biostatistics

Provides an introduction to biostatistics and epidemiology applied to medicine, clinical practice, and research. It features "Presenting Problems" (case studies) drawn from studies published in the medical literature, end-of-chapter, and a CD-ROM with data sets and statistical software programs. The ideal way to develop sound judgment about data applicable to clinical care. *First choice of students, educators, and practitioners *A thorough, meaningful, and interesting presentation of biostatistics *Helps students become informed users and consumers of biostatistics " ... Readers may 'learn' and then 'do' immediately ... I learned a lot from this book." —Online review of the Third Edition Learn to evaluate and apply statistics in medicine, medical research, and all health-related fields. *Emphasis on the basics of biostatistics and epidemiology and the clinical applications in evidence-based medicine and decision-making methods *NEW chapter on survey research *Expanded discussion of logistic regression, the Cox model, and other multivariate statistical methods *Key Concepts in each chapter pinpoint essential information *Presenting Problems drawn from studies in the medical literature that illustrate the various statistical methods *CD-ROM with NCSS statistical software, procedures, and data sets from the presenting problems *End-of-chapter exercises *Multiple-choice final practice exam Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. A Doody's Core Title for 2019!A comprehensive user-friendly introduction to biostatistics and epidemiology applied to medicine, clinical practice, and research. Features “Presenting Problems” (case studies) drawn from studies published in the medical literature, end-of-chapter, and a CD-ROM with data sets and statistical software programs.