TY - BOOK AU - Trapp,Robert G. AU - Dawson,Beth TI - Basic & clinical biostatistics T2 - Lange medical book SN - 9780071410175 (print) SN - 1045-5523 AV - QH323.5 D39 2004 U1 - 574.01 PY - 2004///, c2001 CY - New York, N.Y. : PB - McGraw-Hill Education LLC., KW - Statistics KW - Statistics as Topic KW - Biometry KW - methods N1 - "A Lange medical book."; Previous editions copyright © 1994, 1991 by Appleton & Lange; "Includes CD-ROM ; Fully operational NCSS statistical software ; Features data sets from the presenting problems in the book."-- Cover; Includes appendix; Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Chapter 1. Introduction to medical research -- Chapter 2. Study designs in medical research -- Chapter 3. Summarizing data & presenting data in tables & graphs -- Chapter 4. Probability & related topics for making inferences about data -- Chapter 5. Research questions about one group -- Chapter 6. Research questions about two separate or independent groups -- Chapter 7. Research questions about means in three or more groups -- Chapter 8. Research questions about relationships among variables -- Chapter 9. Analyzing research questions about survival -- Chapter 10. Statistical methods for multiple variables -- Chapter 11. Survey research -- Chapter 12. Methods of evidence-based medicine and decision analysis -- Chapter 13. Reading the medical literature -- Appendix a: tables -- Appendix b: answers to exercises -- Appendix c: flowcharts for relating research questions to statistical methods -- Glossary -- References; Also issued in print and PDF version N2 - A comprehensive user-friendly introduction to biostatistics and epidemiology applied to medicine, clinical practice, and research. 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 ER -