Medical Biostatistics, Fourth Edition [Hardcover]

Encyclopedic in breadth, yet practical and concise, Medical Biostatistics, Fourth Edition focuses on the statistical aspects ofmedicine with a medical perspective, showing the utility of biostatistics as a tool to manage many medical uncertainties. This edition includes more topics in order to fill gaps in the previous edition. Various topics have been enlarged and modified as per the new understanding of the subject.

Medical Uncertainties.Uncertainties in Health and Disease. Uncertainties in Medical Research. Uncertainties in Health Planning and Evaluation. Management of Uncertainties: About This Book. References. Exercises. Basics of Medical Studies.Study Protocol. Types of Medical Studies. Data Collection. Nonsampling Errors and Other Biases. References. Exercises. Sampling Methods.Sampling Concepts. Common Methods of Random Sampling. Some Other Methods of Sampling. References. Exercises. Designs for Observational Studies.Some Basic Concepts. Prospective Studies. Retrospective Studies. Cross-Sectional Studies. Comparative Performance of Prospective, Retrospective, and Cross-Sectional Studies. References. Exercises. Medical Experiments.Basic Features of Medical Experiments. Design of Experiments. Choice of Sampling of Units for Laboratory Experiments. References. Exercises. Clinical Trials.Therapeutic Trials. Issues in Clinical Trials. Trials Other than for Therapeutics. References. Exercises. Numerical Methods for Representing Variation. Types of Measurement. Tabular Presentation. Rates and Ratios. Central and Other Locations. Measuring Variability. References. Exercises. Presentation of Variation by Figures  Data Visualization. Graphs for Frequency Distribution. Pie, Bar, and Line Diagrams. Special Diagrams in Health and Medicine. Charts and Maps. References. Exercises. Some Quantitative Aspects of Medicine.Some Epidemiological ló: