Basic Statistics for the Health Sciences

Summary: 1. Statistics and How They Are Used 2. Populations and Samples 3. Organizing and Displaying Data 4. Summarizing Data 5. Probability 6. The Normal Distribution 7. Sampling Distribution of Means 8. Sample Significance Testing, Point Estimates, and Confidence Intervals 9. Two Sample Significance Testing, Point Estimates, and Confidence Intervals 10. Analysis of Variance, ANOVA 11. Inferences Regarding Proportions 12. Th...e Chi-Square Test 13. Correlation and Linear Regression 14. Nonparametric Methods 15. Vital Statistics and Demographic Methods 16. Life Tables 17. The Health Survey and the Research Report Appendix A: Binomial Probability Table Appendix B: Percentiles of the F Distribution Appendix C: Percentage Points of the Studentized Range for 2 Through 20 Treatments Appendix D: Critical Values of n for the Sign Test Appendix E: Random Digits [read more]