Biostatistics category: 339 books
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Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2016
This book compiles and presents new developments in statistical causal inference. The accompanying data and computer programs are publicly available so readers may replicate the model development and data analysis presented in each chapter. In this way, methodology is taught so that readers may implement...
Debunking the Bump
What the Data Really Says About Pregnancy's 165 Biggest Risks and Myths
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2018
Stay away from sushi! Cut out caffeine! Get rid of your cat! Step away from the microwave!
Pregnant women are bombarded with "risk factors" they must avoid from the moment the stick turns pink. Heroic mothers-to-be sacrifice their favorite foods and activities for the sake of their...
by Paul R. Rosenbaum
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
A sound statistical account of the principles and methods for the design and analysis of observational studies. Readers are assumed to have a working knowledge of basic probability and statistics, but otherwise the account is reasonably self- contained. Throughout there are extended discussions of...
by Gianluca Baio, Andrea Berardi, Anna Heath
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2017
The book provides a description of the process of health economic evaluation and modelling for cost-effectiveness analysis, particularly from the perspective of a Bayesian statistical approach. Some relevant theory and introductory concepts are presented using practical examples and two running case...
by Richard Valliant, Jill A. Dever, Frauke Kreuter
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2013
Survey sampling is fundamentally an applied field. The goal in this book is to put an array of tools at the fingertips of practitioners by explaining approaches long used by survey statisticians, illustrating how existing software can be used to solve survey problems, and developing some specialized...
Sampling of Populations
Methods and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2013
A trusted classic on the key methods in population sampling—now in a modernized and expanded new edition
Sampling of Populations, Fourth Edition continues to serve as an all-inclusive resource on the basic and most current practices in population sampling. Maintaining the clear and accessible...
Statistics Explained
An Introductory Guide for Life Scientists
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2011
An understanding of statistics and experimental design is essential for life science studies, but many students lack a mathematical background and some even dread taking an introductory statistics course. Using a refreshingly clear and encouraging reader-friendly approach, this book helps students...
Mixed Models
Theory and Applications with R
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2013
Praise for the First Edition
“This book will serve to greatly complement the growing number of texts dealing with mixed models, and I highly recommend including it in one’s personal library.”
—Journal of the American Statistical Association
Mixed modeling is a crucial...
Quick Guide to Good Clinical Practice
How to Meet International Quality Standard in Clinical Research
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
This brand-new book offers a reference guide to understanding and applying the rules for properly conducting clinical trials to meet the international quality standard – Good Clinical Practice – provided by the International Conference on Harmonization (ICH).
The work offers an updated...
Topics in Applied Statistics
2012 Symposium of the International Chinese Statistical Association
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2013
This volume presents 27 selected papers in topics that range from statistical applications in business and finance to applications in clinical trials and biomarker analysis. All papers feature original, peer-reviewed content. The editors intentionally selected papers that cover many topics so...
Time Series Analysis and Its Applications
With R Examples
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2017
The fourth edition of this popular graduate textbook, like its predecessors, presents a balanced and comprehensive treatment of both time and frequency domain methods with accompanying theory. Numerous examples using nontrivial data illustrate solutions to problems such as discovering natural and...
by Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Katrin Golsch, Gotz Rohwer
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2007
Event History Analysis With Stata provides an introduction to event history modeling techniques using Stata (version 9), a widely used statistical program that provides tools for data analysis. The book emphasizes the usefulness of event history models for causal analysis in the social sciences and the application of continuous-time models. T
Key Advances in Clinical Informatics
Transforming Health Care through Health Information Technology
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2017
Key Advances in Clinical Informatics: Transforming Health Care through Health Information Technology provides a state-of-the-art overview of the most current subjects in clinical informatics. Leading international authorities write short, accessible, well-referenced chapters which bring readers up-to-date...
by Daniel Zelterman
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2015
This book brings the power of multivariate statistics to graduate-level practitioners, making these analytical methods accessible without lengthy mathematical derivations. Using the open source, shareware program R, Professor Zelterman demonstrates the process and outcomes for a wide array of multivariate...