Biostatistics and Epidemiology

1. Front Matter

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2. The Scientific Method

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   Pages 1-12

3. A Little Bit of Probability

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   Pages 13-17

4. Mostly about Statistics

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   Pages 18-59

5. Mostly about Epidemiology

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   Pages 60-85

6. Mostly about Clinical Trials

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   Pages 86-103

7. Back Matter

   Pages 104-119

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Biostatistics and Epidemiology/A Primer for Health Professionals offers practical guidelines and gives a concise framework for research and interpretation in the field. In addition to major sections covering statistics and epidemiology, the book includes a comprehensive exploration of scientific methodology, probability, and the clinical trial. The principles and methods described in this book are basic and apply to all medical subspecialties, psychology and education. The primer will be especially useful to public health officials and students looking for an understandable treatment of the subject.

• biostatistics
• education
• epidemiology
• health
• statistics

• Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, USA

  Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller

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