Basic & Clinical Biostatistics (LANGE Basic Science) (Paperback)

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"This is a well-written, well-presented biostatistics book for health researchers. The back of the cover page has a navigation figure that relates the chapters to specific analytic questions. The book has good examples from health sciences and is comparable to other books in this field." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description
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.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical; 4 edition (April 2, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071410171
• ISBN-13: 978-0071410175
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #37,067 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Book Review for the 3rd edition: Just the Facts, November 21, 2000

By	Ralph Leonard, MD "[e-mail]" (Boston, Massachusetts United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Basic and Clinical Biostatistics (Lange Medical Books) (Paperback)

1. Huge breadth: covers topics of interest to clinicians and plenty of material (see below) for aspiring researchers. Algorithms and lay-out keeps the big picture easily in view. 2. Solved problems: methodical answers, clear, instructive. 3. Appropriate depth: is mathematically correct -- not oversimiplified at the cost of accuracy -- while introducing the key formulas and concepts. Much explanatory text makes the ideas clear rather than esoteric derivations. 4. Includes statistics software: menu-driven so "user friendly," has basic and advanced functions. 5. Practical approach: sample problems and exercises are modelled around cases rather than just theory. These cases have data-base directly on the accompanying software so readers may 'learn' and then 'do' immediately. 6. I learned a lot from this book :-)

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Primer, August 17, 2005

By	Mattelfesso "Matthew" (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

I bought this book in 1990 (an older version) and have never had a statistics course. I have found it to be an extremely helpful starting point for the application of statistical tests to biomedical problems. From this I have gone on and used more sophisticated tools for computation and have only rarely needed to seek out the advice of experts.

The book is packed full of information and covers the broad range of problems most often encountered in biomedical science. It emphasizes an understanding of the choice an appropriate test for a given problem. Flow charts also help guide the user to the right test and the correct chapter. For this reason I have come back to it repeatedly over the years and it has become well worn. It is sparse on explanation of the statistical or mathematical proofs of methods so it is more of a cookbook than as a theoretical treatise.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent brief review of biostats, October 6, 1997

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This review is from: Basic and Clinical Biostatistics (Lange Medical Books) (Paperback)

This book is the best brief review I've seen on the subject. Good clinical examples make the concepts accessible to medical students and residents, without sacrificing mathematical rigor.