Basic Biostatistics by Gerstman, B. Burt -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Preface Acknowledgments About the Author Part I: General Concept and Techniques

Chapter 1 Measurement

1.1 What Is Biostatistics? 1.2 Organization of Data 1.3 Types of Measurement Scales 1.4 Data Quality

Chapter 2 Types of Studies

2.1 Surveys 2.2 Comparative Studies

Chapter 3 Frequency Distributions

3.1 Stemplots 3.2 Frequency Tables 3.3 Additional Frequency Charts

Chapter 4 Summary Statistics

4.1 Central Location: Mean 4.2 Central Location: Median 4.3 Central Location: Mode 4.4 Comparison of the Mean, Median, and Mode 4.5 Spread: Quartiles 4.6 Boxplots 4.7 Spread: Variance and Standard Deviation 4.8 Selecting Summary Statistics

Chapter 5 Probability Concepts

5.1 What Is Probability? 5.2 Types of Random Variables 5.3 Discrete Random Variables 5.4 Continuous Random Variables 5.5 More Rules and Properties of Probability

Chapter 6 Binomial Probability Distributions

6.1 Binomial Random Variables 6.2 Calculating Binomial Probabilities 6.3 Cumulative Probabilities 6.4 Probability Calculators 6.5 Expected Value and Variance of a Binomial Random Variable 6.6 Using the Binomial Distribution to Help Make Judgments About the Role of Chance

Chapter 7 Normal Probability Distributions

7.1 Normal Distributions 7.2 Determining Normal Probabilities 7.3 Finding Values that Correspond to Normal Probabilities 7.4 Assessing Departures from Normality

Chapter 8 Introduction to Statistical Inference

8.1 Concepts 8.2 Sampling Behavior of a Mean 8.3 Sampling Behavior of a Count and Proportion

Chapter 9 Basics of Hypothesis Testing

9.1 The Null and Alternative Hypotheses 9.2 Test Statistic 9.3 P-Value 9.4 Significance Level and Conclusion 9.5 One-Sample z-Test 9.6 Power and Sample Size

Chapter 10 Basics of Confidence Intervals

10.1 Introduction to Estimation 10.2 Confidence Intervals for μ When σ Is Known 10.3 Sample Size Requirements 10.4 Relationship Between Hypothesis Testing and Confidence Intervals

Part II: Quantitative Response Variable

Chapter 11 Inference About a Mean

11.1 Estimated Standard Error of the Mean 11.2 Student’s t-Distributions 11.3 One-Sample t-Test 11.4 Confidence Interval for μ 11.5 Paired Samples 11.6 Conditions for Inference 11.7 Sample Size and Power

Chapter 12 Comparing Independent Means

12.1 Paired and Independent Samples 12.2 Exploratory and Descriptive Statistics 12.3 Inference About the Mean Difference 12.4 Equal Variance t Procedure (Optional) 12.5 Conditions for Inference 12.6 Sample Size and Power

Chapter 13 Comparing Several Means (One-Way Analysis of Variance)

13.1 Descriptive Statistics 13.2 The Problem of Multiple Comparisons 13.3 Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) 13.4 Post Hoc Comparisons 13.5 The Equal Variance Assumption 13.6 Introduction to Rank-Based Tests

Chapter 14 Correlation and Regression

14.1 Data 14.2 Scatterplot 14.3 Correlation 14.4 Regression

Chapter 15 Multiple Linear Regression

15.1 The General Idea 15.2 The Multiple Linear Regression Model 15.3 Categorical Explanatory Variables in Regression Models 15.4 Regression Coefficients 15.5 ANOVA for Multiple Linear Regression 15.6 Examining Multiple Regression Conditions

Part III: Categorical Response Variable

Chapter 16 Inference About a Proportion

16.1 Proportions 16.2 The Sampling Distribution of a Proportion 16.3 Hypothesis Test, Normal Approximation Method 16.4 Hypothesis Test, Exact Binomial Method 16.5 Confidence Interval for a Population Proportion 16.6 Sample Size and Power

Chapter 17 Comparing Two Proportions

17.1 Data 17.2 Proportion Difference (Risk Difference) 17.3 Hypothesis Test 17.4 Proportion Ratio (Relative Risk) 17.5 Systematic Sources of Error 17.6 Power and Sample Size

Chapter 18 Cross-Tabulated Counts

18.1 Types of Samples 18.2 Describing Naturalistic and Cohort Samples 18.3 Chi-Square Test of Association 18.4 Test for Trend 18.5 Case–Control Samples 18.6 Matched Pairs

Chapter 19 Stratified Two-by-Two Tables

19.1 Preventing Confounding 19.2 Simpson’s Paradox 19.3 Mantel–Haenszel Methods 19.4 Interaction

Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D Appendix E Appendix F Answers to Odd-Numbered Exercises Index