TY  - BOOK
AU  - Van Belle,Gerald
AU  - Fisher,Lloyd D.
AU  - Heagerty,Patrick J.
AU  - Lumley,Thomas
TI  - Biostatistics : : a methodology for the health sciences 
T2  - Wiley series in probability and statistics
SN  - 9788126547968
U1  - 000SB:610 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Wiley
KW  - Biometry.
KW  - Biometry
KW  - methods
N1  - Includes index; 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--
Appendix--
Indexes
N2  - An excellent introductory biostatics book with several examples and easy to understand interpretations of data analysis results
ER  -