Full Description
With a focus on healthcare research and public health practice, this book introduces fundamental statistical methods applied to biomedical and health-related data. It emphasizes study design, data analysis, and interpretation of results in the context of epidemiology and clinical research. The objective is to equip health professionals with statistical literacy essential for evidence-based decision-making and research in healthcare.
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction Biostatistics in Health
Chapter 2 Quantifying the Extent of Disease
Chapter 3 Summarizing Data Collected in the Sample
Chapter 4 Basic Probability
Chapter 5 Confidence Interval Estimates
Chapter 6 Hypothesis Testing Procedures
Chapter 7 Power and Sample Size Determination
Chapter 8 Multivariable Methods
Chapter 9 Nonparametric Tests
Chapter 10 Survival Analysis and Data Visualization
