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Introductory Biostatistics for the Health Sciences
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[Name] Introductory Biostatistics for the Health Sciences (Modern Applications Including Bootstrap)
[Author] MICHAEL R. CHERNICK, ROBERT H. FRIIS
[Publisher] A JOHN WILEY & SONS PUBLICATION
[Key Words] Biostatistics
[Briefing]
Statistics has evolved into a very important discipline that is applied in many fields.
In the modern age of computing, both statistical methodology and its applications
are expanding greatly. Among the many areas of application, we (Friis and Chernick)
have direct experience in the use of statistical methods to military problems,
space surveillance, experimental design, data validation, forecasting workloads,
predicting the cost and duration of insurance claims, quality assurance, the design
and analysis of clinical trials, and epidemiologic studies.
The idea for this book came to each of us independently when we taught an introductory
course in statistics for undergraduate health science majors at California
State University at Long Beach. Before Michael Chernick came to Long Beach,
Robert Friis first taught Health Science 403 and 503 and developed the requirements
for the latter course in the department. The Health Science 403 course gives
the student an appreciation for statistical methods and provides a foundation for applications
in medical research, health education, program evaluation, and courses in
epidemiology.
