Applied Statistics in Health Sciences

Description

Applied Statistics for the Social and Health Sciences provides graduate students in the social and health sciences with the basic skills that they need to estimate, interpret, present, and publish statistical models using contemporary standards. The book targets the social and health science branches such as human development, public health, sociology, psychology, education, and social work in which students bring a wide range of mathematical skills and have a wide range of methodological affinities. For these students, a successful course in statistics will not only offer statistical content but will also help them develop an appreciation for how statistical techniques might answer some of the research questions of interest to them. This is an excellent presentation of experience in teaching and guiding research workers in health sciences. This book covers routine aspects of application of research methods, statistics and presents mathematical aspects and calculations in lucid and reader-friendly manner. Written in simple and easily understandable manner with illustrations. This book is useful for students, teachers, research workers, etc.