Dawson, Beth <br/><br/>
Basic & clinical biostatistics /  
Beth Dawson and Robert G. Trapp. 
 - Fourth edition. 
 - New York :   McGraw-Hill,  [approximately 2005] 
 - x, 438 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm. 
 - Lange educational library .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>1. Introduction to Medical Research -- 2. Study Designs in Medical Research -- 3. Summarizing Data & Presenting Data in Tables and Graphs -- 4. Probability & Related Topics for Making Inferences About Data -- 5. Research Questions about One Group -- 6. Research Questions about Two Separate or Independent Groups -- 7. Research Questions about Means in Three or More Groups -- 8. Research Questions about Relationships among Variables -- 9. Analyzing Research Questions about Survival -- 10. Statistical Methods for Multiple Variables -- 11. Survey Research -- 12. Methods of Evidence-Based Medicine & Decision Analysis -- 13. Reading the Medical Literature -- Appendix A: Tables -- Appendix B: Answers to Exercises -- Appendix C: Flowcharts -- Glossary 
<br/><br/> Provides an introduction to biostatistics and epidemiology applied to medicine, clinical practice, and research. It 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0071410171 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>RESEARCH METHODS.<br/>STATISTICAL METHODS.<br/>EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QH 323.5 .D39 2004