Biostatistics and Epidemiology: A Primer for Health Professionals
A slim primer intended to be "non-threatening" to health professionals presumed to verge on mathemat...
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A slim primer intended to be "non-threatening" to health professionals presumed to verge on mathematical illiteracy. In section 1 the reader encounters a bit (twelve pages) of plain talk about the "scientific method", in section 2 "a little bit of probability", in section 3 a (less little) bit of statistics, while section 4 and section 5 treat the bare essentials of epidemiology and the design of clinical trials. Provides also some helpful appendices and an annotated guide to some relevant literature. The reader who persists to the end will be no expert, but can expect to feel reasonably comfortable in the presence of material which formerly seemed scary. (NW) Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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