A concise, engagingly written introduction to understanding statistics as they apply to medicine and the life sciences

Don''t be afraid of biostatistics anymore! Primer of Biostatistics,7th Edition demystifies this challenging topic in an interesting and enjoyable manner that assumes no prior knowledge of the subject. Faster than you thought possible, you''ll understand test selection and be able to evaluate biomedical statistics critically, knowledgeably, and confidently.

With Primer of Biostatistics, you’ll start with the basics, including analysis of variance and the t test, then advance to multiple comparison testing, contingency tables, regression, and more. Illustrative examples and challenging problems, culled from the recent biomedical literature, highlight the discussions throughout and help to foster a more intuitive approach to biostatistics.

Coverage includes:

• How to summarize data
• How to test for differences between groups
• The t test
• How to analyze rates and proportions
• What does “not significant” really mean?
• Confidence intervals
• How to test for trends
• Experiments when each subject receives more than one treatment
• Alternatives to analysis of variance and the t test based on ranks
• How to analyze survival data