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Basic biostatistics : statistics for public health practice / B. Burt Gerstman.

Author/creator Gerstman, B. Burt author.
Format Book and Print
EditionSecond edition.
Publication Info Burlington, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, [2015]
Descriptionxv, 644 pages ; 23 cm
Subject(s)
Medical statistics.
Biometry.
Public health--Statistical methods.
Biostatistics--methods.
Public Health Practice.
Contents Measurement -- Types of studies -- Frequency distributions -- Summary statistics -- Probability concepts -- Binomial probability distributions -- Normal probability distributions -- Introduction to statistical inference -- Basics of hypothesis testing -- Basics of confidence intervals -- Inference about a mean -- Comparing independent means -- Comparing several means (one-way analysis of variance) -- Correlation and regression -- Multiple linear regression -- Inference about a proportion -- Comparing two proportions -- Cross-tabulated counts -- Stratified 2-by-2 tables.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2013034384
ISBN9781284025460 (pbk.)
ISBN1284025462 (pbk.)
ISBN9781284036015 (pbk.)
ISBN1284036014 (pbk.)

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