Introductory Biostatistics [Hardcover]

Chap T. Le (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471418161 | ISBN-13: 978-0471418160 | Publication Date: March 31, 2003 | Edition: 1

• Provides many real-data sets in various fields in the form of examples at at the end of all twelve chapters in the form of exercises.
• Covers all of the nuts and bolts of biostatistics in a user-friendly style that motivates readers.
• Contains notes on computations at the end of most chapters, covering the use of Excel, SAS, and others.

Editorial Reviews

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"Students from health, medical, pharmacy, and nursing will find…[this book] extremely useful." (Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, September 2005)

"…well written…a great text for students entering the biomedical field as well as a reference for professionals…" (Statistical Methods in Medical Research, Vol. 14, 2005)

"…Each chapter is equipped with a set of exercises…" (Zentralblatt Math, Vol.1038, No.13, 2004)

From the Back Cover

The nuts-and-bolts of biostatistics–without the anxiety

To students in public health, dentistry, nursing, and other health disciplines, the introductory course in biostatistics conjures up dread images of mind-numbing formulas and dry-as-bones texts. This text, adapted from and expanding on his bestselling Health and Numbers (Wiley), will change your mind.

Designed as an antidote to the usual anxiety-producing textbooks, Professor Chap T. Lee’s Introductory Biostatistics is a lively, user-friendly introduction that will nurture interest and motivate students to see statistics as a "way of thinking" about gathering and analyzing data–not just a bunch of formulas or data. It is, as the author puts it, "the science of dealing with uncertainties using incomplete information."

Taking a problems-based approach full of real-world examples, the text slowly and methodically builds understanding and mastery of the fundamentals of biostatistics. It briefly covers data collection and then expands on the subjects of descriptive statistics, statistical inference, probability, and probability models. Such features as "Brief Notes on the Fundamentals," end-of-chapter notes on computations using Excel, and samples of SAS computer programs strengthen the reader’s grasp of the background and the concepts of biostatistical procedures.

Written for the applied statistician seeking a handy and accessible reference as well as for students taking a full-year course, Introductory Biostatistics fills a long-time need for a reassuring, sensitively-presented, yet thorough exposure to a subject of increasing importance to professionals in the health disciplines.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 552 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience; 1 edition (March 31, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471418161
• ISBN-13: 978-0471418160
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #718,624 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Too many errors, February 16, 2007

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minnzo (MN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Introductory Biostatistics (Hardcover)

It is mind-boggling how one can have so many mistakes in a textbook like this. This book was required for our Biostatistics II class, and I am really displeased by all of the mistakes. What is the worst offense is that some of the answers for test questions are wrong. For example, the one way ANOVA problem 7.21 has the wrong F-statistic: the wrong answer. Others in the class have complained about this text as well. This is simply amazing to me, and leaves me not trusting much of the text in this book.

His other book "Health and Numbers" is just as terrible; the professor that used that book for class made a list of the mistakes they found, and us students in that class found many more along the way. I ran into another statistics book that takes all of the procedures step-by-step and really made it simple for me. This book, and his other are not recommended.

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