Basic Concepts of Biostatistics with R Commander

By (author) Ayumi Shintani

ISBN13: 9781138035935

Imprint: CRC Press

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

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Published: 19/08/2023

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Description
Introduces basic concepts of biostatistics Avoids mathematical formulas Hands-on exercise with free software Downloadable datasets Includes advanced concepts in survival analysis and prognostic modeling
Describing data. Hypothesis testing. Epidemiological study design. Selecting proper statistical tests. Comparing a continuous outcome variable between two independent groups: Student’s t-test and Mann-Whitney U test. Paired-t tests and Wilcoxon’s signed rank tests. Comparing continuous variable between three+ groups: Analysis of Variance, Kruskal-Wallis tests, Friedman tests. Linear regression and correlation analysis. Relative risk, Rate ratio, Odds ratio, Logistic regression. Analysis for disease diagnosis and prognosis: Sensitivity, specificity and receiver-operating-curve (ROC). Survival Analysis. Computing sample size for a clinical research.
  • Biology, life sciences
  • Probability & statistics
  • General (US: Trade)
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
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