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 - Burlington , Massachusetts : Jones & Bartlett Learning , [2015] - xv , 644 pages : 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