Название: Biostatistics For Dummies, 2nd Edition
Автор: Monika M. Wahi, John C. Pezzullo
Издательство: For Dummies
Год: 2024
Страниц: 432
Язык: английский
Формат: epub (true)
Размер: 10.1 MB
Break down biostatistics, make sense of complex concepts, and pass your class. If you're taking biostatistics, you may need or want a little extra assistance as you make your way through. Biostatistics For Dummies follows a typical biostatistics course at the college level, helping you understand even the most difficult concepts, so you can get the grade you need. Start at the beginning by learning how to read and understand mathematical equations and conduct clinical research. Then, use your knowledge to analyze and graph your data. This new edition includes more example problems with step-by-step walkthroughs on how to use statistical software to analyze large datasets. Biostatistics For Dummies is your go-to guide for making sense of it all. Biostatistics is the practical application of statistical concepts and techniques to topics in the biology and life sciences fields. Because these are broad fields, biostatistics covers a very wide area. It is used when studying many types of experimental units, from viruses to trees to fleas to mice to people. Biostatistics involves designing research studies, safely conducting human research, collecting and verifying research data, summarizing and displaying the data, and analyzing the data to answer research hypotheses and draw meaningful conclusions. We describe and provide guidance regarding the practical choices you have today among the statistical software available. The two most popular and extensive open-source statistical programs are R and Python.
