Fundamentals of Biostatistics (with Data Disk) [Hardcover]

Bernard Rosner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 17, 1999 | ISBN-10: 0534370683 | ISBN-13: 978-0534370688 | Edition: 5

Bernard Rosner's FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOSTATISTICS is a practical introduction to the methods, techniques, and computation of statistics with human subjects. It prepares students for their future courses and careers by introducing the statistical methods most often used in medical literature. Rosner minimizes the amount of mathematical formulation (algebra-based) while still giving complete explanations of all the important concepts. As in previous editions, a major strength of this book is that every new concept is developed systematically through completely worked out examples from current medical research problems.

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About the Author

Bernard Rosner is Professor in the Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Rosner's research activities currently include longitudinal data analysis, analysis of clustered continuous, binary and ordinal data, methods for the adjustment of regression models for measurement error, and modeling of cancer incidence data.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 816 pages
• Publisher: Duxbury Press; 5 edition (December 17, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0534370683
• ISBN-13: 978-0534370688
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 8 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #158,650 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #74 in Books > Medical Books > Basic Sciences > Biostatistics

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35 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars nice treatment of biostatistics, February 12, 2008

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Michael R. Chernick "statman31147" (Holland PA) - See all my reviews
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Bernard Rosner is a Harvard Professor of Biostatistics. He has written an introductory text for undergraduate and graduate medical school students. It covers the basics of probability and inference including categorical data. Other topics include regression, correlation and survival analysis. It is written for students with no math beyond high school algebra but common mathematical notation is freely used. It includes a diskette with data for examples. Many examples are given to illustrate the concepts and SAS ouput is used to illustrate the results and familiarize the students so that they can interpret statistical output. Many exercises are given at the end of each chapter. Several require use of the data sets on the diskette. I think the author has been careful to try to make the subject understandable to medical students. He also has used the lectures notes that were the basis of the text in courses he taught in the Harvard Medical School. So he knows his audience. A unique feature is the catergorizing of exercises by medical specialty.

Rosner tries to fill an important need and does a good job. He avoids heavy mathematics without turning the text into a cookbook. This is now the fourth edition. So many improvements have been made. I gave it 4 stars. It probably deserves 4 and 1/2 stars.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive introduction to biostatistics, July 17, 2002

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M. Ching (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fundamentals of Biostatistics (with Data Disk) (Hardcover)

This book isn't for everyone, but if you want a wide ranging textbook with a little more mathematical detail than the other intro books, this is a great choice. Rosner explains concepts well and with many examples that help the reader to understand them. The flowcharts at the back of the book were written to help readers choose the right test for the right situation, and these are extremely valuable. The only problem with the book is that it is sometimes hard to sit down and read it without any preparation (e.g., lecture or prior knowledge).

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Mixed review, July 10, 2010

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Good book. The exercises are good but a bit frustrating because you will often have to go back to find where in the chapter the specific topic was discussed, as opposed to having a section number listed by each problem. Things are well-explained though, aside from this bit of difficulty.