John C. Pezzullo. -- Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2013.

xviii, 390 p.; 23 cm.

ISBN 978-1-118-55398-5.

Incluye índice.

Contenido: Introduction -- Beginning with biostatistics basics -- Biostatistics 101 -- Overcoming mathophobia: reading and understanding mathematical expressions -- Getting statistical: a short review of basic statistics -- Counting on statistical software -- Conducting clinical research -- Looking at clinical trials and drug development -- Getting down and dirty with data -- Getting your data into the computer -- Summarizing and graphing your data -- Aiming for accuracy and precision -- Having confidence in your results -- Fuzzy in equals fuzzy out: pushing imprecision through a formula -- Comparing groups -- Comparing average values between groups -- Comparing proportions and analyzing cross-tabulations -- Taking a closer look at fourfold tables -- Analyzing incidence and prevalence rates in epidemiologic data -- Feeling noninferior (Or equivalent) -- Looking for relationships with correlation and regression -- Introducing correlation and regression -- Getting straight talk on straight-line regression -- More of a good thing: multiple regression -- A yes-or-no proposition: logistic regression -- Other useful kinds of regression -- Analyzing survival data -- Summarizing and graphing survival data -- Comparing survival times -- Survival regression -- The part of tens -- Ten distributions worth knowing -- Ten easy ways to estimate hoy many subjects you need.