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

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

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

Essentials of Research Methodology and Biostatistics—A Comprehensive Guide for Health Care Professionals is a precisely written textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate medical, dental, nursing, physiotherapy, clinical psychology and other allied health care profession students. The book is an excellent attempt towards introducing the students and faculty members to the various research methodologies adopted in the field of health sciences to record health-related data. Salient Features Easy to follow: An applied, user-friendly textbook with self-explanatory simple language and presentation for the students. An example-oriented book: Plenty of examples to equip the students to prepare for exams as well as independently conduct their research activities. Illustrative presentation: Diagrammatic and tabular presentation of content to facilitate quick review and recall of important concepts. Systematic and logical organization: Content organized in systematic and logical manner to facilitate better understanding. Qualitative and quantitative research methods, analysis: Adequate coverage of quantitative as well as qualitative research process, methodology and analysis. Authentic content: Content reviewed, authenticated by a panel of renowned faculty members/experts. Unique content: Several unique topics such as sample size calculation, uses of different parametric and nonparametric statistical tests, methods, qualitative research process, and analysis included, with practical examples from Indian scenario, which are rarely found in other research methodology books. Enormous knowledge in a nutshell: In-depth coverage of all aspects of research methodology and biostatistics in a concise manner. Review questions: About 150 end-of-chapter MCQs, a useful resource for the readers to review their preparation for the university exams and also to prepare for qualifying entrance exams for postgraduate and doctoral courses.

Classic biostatistics, a branch of statistical science, has as its main focus the applications of statistics in public health, the life sciences, and the pharmaceutical industry. Modern biostatistics, beyond just a simple application of statistics, is a confluence of statistics and knowledge of multiple intertwined fields. The application demands, the advancements in computer technology, and the rapid growth of life science data (e.g., genomics data) have promoted the formation of modern biostatistics. There are at least three characteristics of modern biostatistics: (1) in-depth engagement in the application fields that require penetration of knowledge across several fields, (2) high-level complexity of data because they are longitudinal, incomplete, or latent because they are heterogeneous due to a mixture of data or experiment types, because of high-dimensionality, which may make meaningful reduction impossible, or because of extremely small or large size; and (3) dynamics, the speed of development in methodology and analyses, has to match the fast growth of data with a constantly changing face. This book is written for researchers, biostatisticians/statisticians, and scientists who are interested in quantitative analyses. The goal is to introduce modern methods in biostatistics and help researchers and students quickly grasp key concepts and methods. Many methods can solve the same problem and many problems can be solved by the same method, which becomes apparent when those topics are discussed in this single volume.

Speed and accuracy are the two most important qualities that candidates for the MRCS Viva are expected to demonstrate. Revision Notes for the MRCS Viva has been written to prepare candidates for this most daunting of exams. The book provides a comprehensive exam preparation tool for intercollegiate MRCS oral examinations. It is organised into two sections, the first devoted to chapters on basic sciences, the second to system specific surgery. Each chapter is broken down into topics most likely to appear in current examinations. For each topic, succinct notes provide candidates with a framework for answering the stem and secondary questions encountered in the exam.

INTRODUCTION TO BIOSTATISTICS AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY: A Comprehensive Guide for Health Care Professionals is a precisely written textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate medical, dental, nursing, physiotherapy, clinical psychology and other allied health care profession students. This book contains all the essentials of Biostatistics, research methods, demography and health statistics that lay a good foundation for anyone interested in these subjects. Biostatistics is a biological science and a branch of medicine that involves the processes of collection, collation, analysis, interpretation, presentation of health and health related information that may lead to conclusion and decision making. Biostatistics therefore embraces those techniques pertaining to health and health related sciences. This text book 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 (Dental, Nursing, Psychology, AYUSH, Nutrition, MSc and PhD students). Health researchers, research supervisors and faculty members may find it useful as a reference book.

The major aim to write this textbook is to provide information in articulate summarized manner to accomplish necessities of undergraduates as per PCI regulation. This volume is designed not only according to curriculum of undergraduate courses in pharmacy by PCI but also to communicate knowledge on Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence for post graduate learners. We assured this book will be originated very valuable by graduates, post graduates, professors and industrial learners. However any suggestion for further improvement of text are welcome and will be taken due note of.

Quantitative Research Methods for Health Professionals: A Practical Interactive Course is a superb introduction to epidemiology, biostatistics, and research methodology for the whole health care community. Drawing examples from a wide range of health research, this practical handbook covers important contemporary health research methods such as survival analysis, Cox regression, and meta-analysis, the understanding of which go beyond introductory concepts. The book includes self-assessment exercises throughout to help students explore and reflect on their understanding and a clear distinction is made between a) knowledge and concepts that all students should ensure they understand and b) those that can be pursued by students who wish to do so. The authors incorporate a program of practical exercises in SPSS using a prepared data set that helps to consolidate the theory and develop skills and confidence in data handling, analysis and interpretation.