TY - BOOK AU - Gerstman, B.Burt. TI - Basic biostatistics: statistics for public health practice SN - 9780763781330 PY - 2008/// CY - London PB - Jones and Bartlett KW - Biostatistics N1 - Includes index N2 - A concise introduction to biostatistics for both undergraduates and graduates in various fields of public health. The book will include strong coverage of biostatistical principles and focuses on common types of data encountered in public health and biomedical fields. This text will put equal emphasis on exploratory and confirmatory statistical methods. Sampling, exploratory data analysis, estimation, hypothesis testing and power and precision will be covered through detailed illustrative examples. Techniques will be done by "hand" and with computer (SPSS) in each instance ER -