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Paperback Basic & Clinical Biostatistics [With CDROM] Book

ISBN: 0838505104

ISBN13: 9780838505106

Basic & Clinical Biostatistics [With CDROM]

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A comprehensive user-friendly introduction to biostatistics and epidemiology applied to medicine, clinical practice, and research. Features "Presenting Problems" (case studies) drawn from studies... This description may be from another edition of this product.

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Text Book Purchase

Excepting the fact that I had to wait a little longer for shipping, (Supersaver), the book arrived on the date it was slated to arrive. The book was in excellent condition, with CD and all.

Good Primer

I bought this book in 1990 (an older version) and have never had a statistics course. I have found it to be an extremely helpful starting point for the application of statistical tests to biomedical problems. From this I have gone on and used more sophisticated tools for computation and have only rarely needed to seek out the advice of experts. The book is packed full of information and covers the broad range of problems most often encountered in biomedical science. It emphasizes an understanding of the choice an appropriate test for a given problem. Flow charts also help guide the user to the right test and the correct chapter. For this reason I have come back to it repeatedly over the years and it has become well worn. It is sparse on explanation of the statistical or mathematical proofs of methods so it is more of a cookbook than as a theoretical treatise.

Book Review for the 3rd edition: Just the Facts

1. Huge breadth: covers topics of interest to clinicians and plenty of material (see below) for aspiring researchers. Algorithms and lay-out keeps the big picture easily in view. 2. Solved problems: methodical answers, clear, instructive. 3. Appropriate depth: is mathematically correct -- not oversimiplified at the cost of accuracy -- while introducing the key formulas and concepts. Much explanatory text makes the ideas clear rather than esoteric derivations. 4. Includes statistics software: menu-driven so "user friendly," has basic and advanced functions. 5. Practical approach: sample problems and exercises are modelled around cases rather than just theory. These cases have data-base directly on the accompanying software so readers may 'learn' and then 'do' immediately. 6. I learned a lot from this book :-)

Excellent introductory course for biostatistics

This book brings the reader along at a smooth pace, with examples drawn from real medical journal articles. This method makes the subject matter relevant and easier to follow. Ms. Dawson-Saunders and Mr.Trapp are true teachers in the finest sense of the word.

Excellent brief review of biostats

This book is the best brief review I've seen on the subject. Good clinical examples make the concepts accessible to medical students and residents, without sacrificing mathematical rigor.
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