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Statistical Advances in the Biomedical Sciences: Clinical Trials, Epidemiology, Survival Analysis, and Bioinformatics
With the increasing use of biotechnology in medical research and the sophisticated advances in computing, it has become essential for practitioners in the biomedical sciences to be fully educated on the role statistics plays in ensuring the accurate analysis of research findings. Statistical Advances in the Biomedical Sciences explores the growing value of statistical knowledge in the management and comprehension of medical research and, more specifically, provides an accessible introduction to the contemporary methodologies used to understand complex problems in the four major areas of modern-day biomedical science: clinical trials, epidemiology, survival analysis, and bioinformatics.
Composed of contributions from eminent researchers in the field, this volume discusses the application of statistical techniques to various aspects of modern medical research and illustrates how these methods ultimately prove to be an indispensable part of proper data collection and analysis. A structural uniformity is maintained across all chapters, each beginning with an introduction that discusses general concepts and the biomedical problem under focus and is followed by specific details on the associated methods, algorithms, and applications. In addition, each chapter provides a summary of the main ideas and offers a concluding remarks section that presents novel ideas, approaches, and challenges for future research.
Contents Include:
- The Art of "Statistical Thinking"
- Motivation and Need for Statistics
- Concept of Variation and Cost of Poor Quality
- Making Sense Out of Data Using Graphical and Measurement Tools
- Probability and Sampling Distributions
- Confidence Interval Estimation
- Determining Sample Size
- Hypothesis Testing: A Common Sense Approach, The Statistical Methodology
- Regression Analysis: A Step-by-Step Approach to Historical Data Analysis
- Design of Experiments: Rules of Thumb for Design Selection
- Control Charts: A Common Sense Approach, The Statistical Methodology
- Keeping Score on Your Processes: Process Capability
- Gage Capability Studies
- Reliability, Failure Rates, and Redundancy
- Quality Function Deployment
- Rules of Thumb to Bypass Rigorous Statistics
What's Included:
SPC KISS Software (Student Version)
Hardcover Book
Format: January 2008, Hardcover 582 pages
Price: $120.00 US
Item#: 978-0-471-94753-0
ISBN: 978-0-471-94753-0 $120.00
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