Gerstman, B. Burt,

Basic biostatistics : statistics for public health practice / B. Burt Gerstman, professor, Department of Health Science, San Jose State University, San Jose, California. - Second Edition. - xv, 644 p. : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Includes index.

Measurement -- Types of studies -- Frequency distributions -- Summary statistics -- Probability concepts -- Binomial probability distributions -- Normal probability distributions -- Introduction to statistical inference -- Basics of hypothesis testing -- Basics of confidence intervals -- Inference about a mean -- Comparing independent means -- Comparing several means (one-way analysis of variance) -- Correlation and regression -- Multiple linear regression -- Inference about a proportion -- Comparing two proportions -- Cross-tabulated counts -- Stratified 2-by-2 tables.



9781284036015 9781284025460 (pbk.) 1284025462 (pbk.)

2013034384


Biostatistics--methods.
Public Health Practice.

RA409 / .G47 2015

362.10727/G32

WA 950