Dipl.-Inform. Jürgen Hedderich spent a long time at the Institute of Medical Informatics and Statistics at the University of Kiel. His work focused on biometric and statistical methods consulting for nearly 40 years, supporting scientific work at the Medical Faculty, which earned him an honorary medal in 2015 for contributions to research and teaching. His dedication to the highest possible quality in medical and clinical studies led to co-authorship in more than 150 scientific publications.Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Lothar Sachs, emeritus at the Institute of Medical Informatics and Statistics at the University of Kiel, has been interested in developing statistical methodology and making it ‘digestible’ for users beyond the medical field. He has published four other textbooks on statistics, and translations into American, Russian, Spanish, and Hungarian languages are available.

• Fundamentals of Planning Scientific Work.- Fundamentals of Mathematics.- Descriptive Statistics.- Probabilities.- Random Variables, Distributions.- Estimation.- Hypothesis Testing.- Statistical Model Building.- Introduction to R.- References.- Author Index.- Subject Index.- Examples Index.- R Functions Index.

Dipl.-Inform. Jürgen Hedderich spent a long time at the Institute of Medical Informatics and Statistics at the University of Kiel. His work focused on biometric and statistical methods consulting for nearly 40 years, supporting scientific work at the Medical Faculty, which earned him an honorary medal in 2015 for contributions to research and teaching. His dedication to the highest possible quality in medical and clinical studies led to co-authorship in more than 150 scientific publications.Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Lothar Sachs, emeritus at the Institute of Medical Informatics and Statistics at the University of Kiel, has been interested in developing statistical methodology and making it ‘digestible’ for users beyond the medical field. He has published four other textbooks on statistics, and translations into American, Russian, Spanish, and Hungarian languages are available.

• Fundamentals of Planning Scientific Work.- Fundamentals of Mathematics.- Descriptive Statistics.- Probabilities.- Random Variables, Distributions.- Estimation.- Hypothesis Testing.- Statistical Model Building.- Introduction to R.- References.- Author Index.- Subject Index.- Examples Index.- R Functions Index.

Dipl.-Inform. Jürgen Hedderich spent a long time at the Institute of Medical Informatics and Statistics at the University of Kiel. His work focused on biometric and statistical methods consulting for nearly 40 years, supporting scientific work at the Medical Faculty, which earned him an honorary medal in 2015 for contributions to research and teaching. His dedication to the highest possible quality in medical and clinical studies led to co-authorship in more than 150 scientific publications.Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Lothar Sachs, emeritus at the Institute of Medical Informatics and Statistics at the University of Kiel, has been interested in developing statistical methodology and making it ‘digestible’ for users beyond the medical field. He has published four other textbooks on statistics, and translations into American, Russian, Spanish, and Hungarian languages are available.

• Fundamentals of Planning Scientific Work.- Fundamentals of Mathematics.- Descriptive Statistics.- Probabilities.- Random Variables, Distributions.- Estimation.- Hypothesis Testing.- Statistical Model Building.- Introduction to R.- References.- Author Index.- Subject Index.- Examples Index.- R Functions Index.