This text book is a comprehensive, user friendly and easy to read resource on Biostatistics and Research Methodology. It is meant for undergraduate and post graduate students of medical and biomedical sciences. Health researchers, research supervisors and faculty members may find it useful as a reference book.

This book contains 13 chapters. They include Basic concepts, Probability and Probability distributions, Tests of Hypotheses, Chi-square test, Analysis of Variance, Experimental Designs, Non-Parametric statistics and Research Methodology. All chapters are written in a lucid manner so that students can understand easily without much mathematical background. Live examples are added for illustration purpose for all the statistical methods. In some cases more than one example is added for wide applicability of the statistical tools. SPSS data analysis procedure is included for most of the popular statistical methods by giving an example in each case. Research Methodology chapter is useful to the P.G students for undertaking research for their dissertation work. This book is also intended to serve as a text book for Pharmacy students at U.G. and P.G. level

The last decade has produced many textbooks on Biostatistics, with varying emphasis and degrees of mathematical complexity. This book has stood the test of time and continues to enjoy wide acceptance among students of all health and allied professions, other students and even qualified health investigators, who find it practical, simple and yet precise. This fully updated and thoroughly revised Fifth Edition, while retaining the fundamental concepts, acquaints the reader with the advances in the subject. The book explains the concepts involved in arriving at the sample size and also a quick solution to the estimation of sample size. Survival analysis and log-rank test are illustrated with examples. The essentials of Chi square tests are simplified and presented. Two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) is explained with two examples, with and without interaction term. The chapters on Research Methods, Interventional Studies and Observational Studies provide step-by-step guide to plan and carry out quality research. Questions given in each chapter will help the learner to gauge the level of understanding of the principles and applications. Clues to the use of computer packages are provided whenever necessary. Intended for undergraduate and postgraduate medical students as well as for nursing and paramedical students, the book will also be immensely useful to medical/health faculty and researchers in the field of Biostatistics. KEY FEATURES : A new chapter on Sample Size Determination Several new sections Extensive revision of practically all chapters Provision of new examples Chapter-end exercises

With a presentation style that is clear and straightforward, the text uses examples that are real, relevant, and manageable in size so that students can focus on applications rather than become overwhelmed by computations. This text is just one offering in Jones and Bartlett's unique Essential Public Health Series. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book is missing some of the images or content found in the physical edition.

Master the essential skills for designing and conducting a successful research project Essentials of Research Design and Methodology contains practical information on how to design and conduct scientific research in the behavioral and social sciences. This accessible guide covers basic to advanced concepts in a clear, concrete, and readable style. The text offers students and practitioners in the behavioral sciences and related disciplines important insights into identifying research topics, variables, and methodological approaches. Data collection and assessment strategies, interpretation methods, and important ethical considerations also receive significant coverage in this user-friendly guide. Essentials of Research Design and Methodology is the only available resource to condense the wide-ranging topics of the field into a concise, accessible format for handy and quick reference. As part of the Essentials of Behavioral Science series, this book offers a thorough review of the most relevant topics in research design and methodology. Each concise chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material, as well as "Test Yourself" questions that help you gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered.

Bernard Rosner's FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOSTATISTICS is a practical introduction to the methods, techniques, and computation of statistics with human subjects. It prepares students for their future courses and careers by introducing the statistical methods most often used in medical literature. Rosner minimizes the amount of mathematical formulation (algebra-based) while still giving complete explanations of all the important concepts. As in previous editions, a major strength of this book is that every new concept is developed systematically through completely worked out examples from current medical research problems. Most methods are illustrated with specific instructions as to implementation using software either from SAS, Stata, R, Excel or Minitab. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

THIS TEXTBOOK IS A COMPREHENSIVE USER FRIENDLY AND EASY TO READ RESOURCE ON BIOSTATISTICS AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY. IT IS MEANT FOR UNDERGRADUATE AND POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL STUDENTS AND ALLIED BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES. HEALTH RESEARCHERS, RESEARCH SUPERVISORS AND FACULTY MEMBERS MAY FIND IT USEFUL AS A REFERENCE BOOK

The book approaches research from a perspective different from that taken in other educational research textbooks. The goal is to show educators that the application of research principles can make them more effective in their job of promoting learning. The basic point is that we do not have to stop teaching to do research; research is something we can do while teaching and if we do good research, we will do better teaching. This book includes most of the topics treated in traditional educational research books, but in a different order and with a different emphasis. The important content cons.

Essentials of Research Methodology and Biostatistics serve as an introduction to research and biostatistics, preparing learners to critically evaluate research studies and conduct their statistical analyses. The starting part of the book will be devoted to topics including research study classification, study design, experimental design, data measurement and analysis, and ethical research conduct. The book will introduce learners to the foundations of epidemiology, including bias, confounding, and standard epidemiology indicators. The middle part of the book is designed to serve learners who have had little to no prior exposure to biostatistical techniques. This book offers a review of fundamental statistical ideas to learners who have already attended a statistics course related to their study. Descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, p-values, sample size, and statistical power are just some of the fundamentals that will be covered in this primer. This book on research methodology and biostatistics addresses a wide range of related subjects, such as how to quantify illness prevalence using biostatistical methods and how to measure and scale techniques in research. Also covered in this book are the fundamentals of hypothesis testing and the methods for determining the validity and reliability of diagnostic and screening tests.