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Biostatistics: A Foundation for Analysis in the Health Sciences (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics) | 
 enlarge | Author: Wayne W. Daniel
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 10342
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 8
Pages: 944
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.5
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 7.6 x 1.5
ISBN: 0471456543
Dewey Decimal Number: 519.502461
EAN: 9780471456544
Publication Date: November 25, 2004
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Product Description
This classic text takes an applied and computer-oriented approach to its topical coverage. The book is intended for one or two semester courses in biostatistics at the undergraduate or graduate level offered by departments of biostatistics, statistics, mathematics, nursing and other allied health disciplines, and is also used in some departments of forestry and animal husbandry. Nearly all the examples and exercises make use of real data from actual research projects and reports from health sciences literature. Where appropriate, Minitab, SPSS and SAS commands and printouts are included as part of the examples and solutions to exercises.
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 Very Good December 19, 2003
Daryl Paulson (Bozeman, Montana)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have used this and other texts by Daniel over the years and I find you can not go wrong with his works. He is a no nonsense author and a very good writer who uses plenty of examples. Get his nonparametric book also.
Excellent Text for 2nd Statistics Class October 25, 2004
W. Mary (Washington, DC USA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I'm taking my first biostatistics class in medical school, but the text I am using in class (Rosner) has lost me. I subsequently borrowed Daniel's book from the library (only because it has 7th editions), and I am glad that I picked it! Daniel is a good writer. The book is well organized and laid out. Important concepts are emphased and explained with minimum mathematics involved. The well thought out examples are worth working through as well for clarification of the applications of important concepts. However, as a beginner in statistics, I was lost in the midst of mathematics on certain concepts (given that I have a relatively strong mathematics background) without really understanding the meaning of some very basic terms, like percentile, confidence intervals.
What I do is to read another reference book that explains the very basic concepts in plain English first before reading this text. I am currently using Munro's Statistical Methods for Health Care Research. While both of them cover the same set of concepts, Daniel gives me the mathematical and more advanced explainations compare to Munro.
 Solid introductory reference January 9, 2003
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The title is very appropriate - this text provides a solid foundation in biostats. I used it for an intro course in grad school, and working through the text was very worthwhile. Previously cloudy concepts are now more clear, and I have a great reference for future use. More in-depth biostats deserves a consultation with a statistician, not a longer text. I agree with other reviewers that there are occasional mistakes (which need to be fixed - this is not even the first edition), but overall I would still highly recommend it.
Solid introductory reference January 9, 2003
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The title is very appropriate - this text provides a solid foundation in biostats. I used it for an intro course in grad school, and working through the text was very worthwhile. Previously cloudy concepts are now more clear, and I have a great reference for future use. More in-depth biostats deserves a consultation with a statistician, not a longer text. I agree with other reviewers that there are occasional mistakes (which need to be fixed - this is not even the first edition), but overall I would still highly recommend it.
Helpful but technical November 10, 2006
Leah C. Nesbitt (Cincinnati, OH)
This book is extreamly helpful for academic research. It can be somewhat more technical than most people would need.
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