TY - BOOK AU - Belle, Gerald Van AU - Fisher, Lloyd D. AU - Heagerty, Patrick J. AU - Lumley, Thomas TI - Biostatistics: A Methodology for The Health Sciences SN - 9788126547968 U1 - 610.15 PY - 2014/// CY - Chichester PB - Wiley Blackwell KW - Biometry N1 - 1. Introduction to biostatistics 2. Biostatistical design of medical studies 3. Descriptive statistics 4. Statistical inference: populations and samples 5. One- and two-sample inference 6. Counting data 7. Categorical data: contingency tables 8. Nonparametric, distribution-free and permutation models: robust procedures 9. Association and prediction: linear models with one predictor variable 10. Analysis of variance 11. Association and prediction: multiple regression analysis and linear models with multiple predictor variables 12. Multiple comparisons 13. Discrimination and classification 14. Principal component analysis and factor analysis 15. Rates and proportions 16. Analysis of the time to an event: survival analysis 17. Sample sizes for observational studies 18. Longitudinal data analysis 19. Randomized clinical trials 20. Personal postscript ER -