Biomedical Statistics : A Beginner's Guide /: A Beginner's Guide. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Shakti Kumar Yadav, Sompal Singh, Ruchika Gupta.
• Authors: Yadav, Shakti Kumar; Singh, Sompal; Gupta, Ruchika
• Contents: Section I Introduction Chapter 1. Applications of Statistics Chapter 2. Statistical Terms Descriptive Statistics Inferential Statistics Chapter 3. Data Types Categorical Data Numerical Data Chapter 4. Data Classification Classification of numerical data Classification of categorical data Chapter 5. Data Presentation Pictogram Pie Diagram Bar diagram Line diagram Histogram Frequency polygon Ogive curves Scatter Diagram Regression line Box and whiskers plot: Chapter 6. Measures of Central Tendency Mean Median Mode Chapter 7. Measures of Location Percentile Decile Quartile Chapter 8. Measures of Dispersion Range Interquartile Range Coefficient of quartile deviation Mean Deviation Mean square deviation Variance and standard deviation Coefficient of variance Skewness Kurtosis Chapter 9. Sampling Methods Sampling Process Without replacement (WOR) vs with replacement (WR) Probability Sampling Non-probability sampling Section II Tests for Inference Chapter 10. Statistical Distribution- Continuous Normal distribution Standard normal distribution: Student t-distribution: Chi-square distribution: F-distribution: Chapter 11. Sampling Distribution and Hypothesis testing Confidence interval: Difference in means Concept of Z-statistics Hypothesis Testing: Chapter 12. Test of Inference- One Sample or two sample mean One sample: Two sample: Test for homogeneity of variance Two small sized sample- Test for inference: Test for inference of paired samples: Chapter 13. Test for Inference- Multiple sample comparisons Concept of sum of squares: ANOVA one way ANOVA two way Chapter 14. Test for Inference- Categorical Data I Tabulation of categorical data Testing for significance of individual proportion Testing for significance of difference between two proportions Chapter 15. Test for Inference- Categorical Data II 1xC tables RxC Table 2x2 table Chapter 16. Test for Inference- Correlation and Regression Pearson's correlation coefficient Test for the significance of r: Regression analysis Chapter 17. Sample Size Estimation Sample size for assessing significance of single mean: Sample size for assessing significance of single proportion: Sample size for assessing significance of two means: Sample size for assessing significance of two proportion: Sample size for correlation coefficient: Sample size for sensitivity and specificity: Sample size for univariate logistic regression: Relative risk Sample size to assess significance to two incidences in a cohort study Sample size for case control and cohort studies: Sample size for finite population: Chapter 18. Epidemiological Studies Cohort Study: Case Control Study: Sources of errors in epidemiological studies: Designing study and writing a study report: Chapter 19. Analysis of Diagnostic Test Sensitivity (Sn): Specificity (Sp): Positive predictive value (PPV): Negative predictive value (NPV): Accuracy: Section III Demography and Life Tables Chapter 20. Demography Utility of demographic data: Demographic publications in India are available from: Sources of demographic data: Stages of life: Chapter 21. Measures of Demography Measures of Population: Measures of fertility and reproduction: Measures of Morbidity: Measures of Mortality: Measures related to population control: Measures of health: Chapter 22. Infectious Disease Epidemiology Primary attack Rate: Secondary attack rate (SAR): Case fatality rate (CFR): Cause specific mortality rate (CSMR): Infection rate (IR): Chapter 23. Life Tables Simplified example: Section IV Concept of Probability Chapter 24. Introduction to Probability Axiomatic Approach using set function Definitions: Theorems of Probability Chapter 25. Random Variable and Mathematical Expectation Chapter 26. Statistical Distribution- Discrete Binominal Distribution: Appendix Index.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (287 pages)
• Subjects: Life sciences; Bioinformatics; Health informatics; Health promotion; Medical -- General; Medical -- Preventive Medicine; Medical equipment & techniques; Public health & preventive medicine; Science -- Life Sciences -- Anatomy & Physiology; Molecular biology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789813292949
• Related ISBNs: 9789813292932
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