TY - BOOK AU - Gerstman,B.Burt TI - Basic biostatistics : statistics for public health practice SN - 9780763735807 (alk. paper) U1 - 519.502461 PY - 2008/// CY - Sudbury, Mass. PB - Jones and Bartlett Publishers KW - Medical statistics KW - Biometry KW - Public health KW - Statistical methods KW - methods KW - Public Health Practice N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part I general concept and techniques -- Types of studies -- Frequency distributions -- Summary statistics -- Probability concepts -- Binomial probability distributions -- Normal probability distributions -- Introduction to statistical inference -- Basics of hypotheses testing -- Basics of confidence intervals -- Part II quantitative response variable -- Inference about a mean -- Comparing independent means -- Comparing several means (one-way ANOVA) -- Correlation and regression -- Multiple linear regression -- Part III categorical response variable -- Inference about a proportion -- Comparing two proportions -- Cross-tabulated counts -- Stratified 2-by-2 tables UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip079/2007003334.html ER -