FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOSTATISTICS (WITH CD-ROM) leads you through the methods, techniques, and computations necessary for success in the medical field. Every new concept is developed systematically through completely worked out examples from current medical research problems.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
Brand new:
The item I recieve was great. I was new and I recieved it within five to seven day.
Very poor:
Funny how the author describes this book as designed for people who have "no previous background in statistics." I have taken three stats classes in the past, so I thought this would be well understood and well written. Not so! My professor at the Rollins School of Public Health here at Emory University also apparently thought this chunk of wood wasn't as poorly written and poorly explained as it is in reality. The author throws definitions out there w/o explaining them, and just breezes right on through to... more info
Biostatistics:
Bought this for my first statistics class. Don't like the way the book was written. The information was very hard to understand. Examples were extremely difficult to follow.
nice treatment of biostatistics:
Bernard Rosner is a Harvard Professor of Biostatistics. He has written an introductory text for undergraduate and graduate medical school students. It covers the basics of probability and inference including categorical data. Other topics include regression, correlation and survival analysis. It is written for students with no math beyond high school algebra but common mathematical notation is freely used. It includes a diskette with data for examples. Many examples are given to illustrate the concepts and... more info
