Biostatistics for Health Sciences

Description

The subfield of statistical science, called biostatistics, is primarily concerned with using statistics in medicine, the biological sciences, and public health. Beyond merely using statistics, biostatistics is a synthesis of statistics and expertise in several interrelated domains. Modern biostatistics has been shaped by application needs, computer technology developments, and the explosive expansion of life science data. Researchers, biostatisticians, statisticians, and scientists with interest in quantitative studies should read this book. The objective is to familiarize researchers and students with current biostatistical techniques and aid them in quickly understanding fundamental ideas and procedures. When those topics are covered in this one volume, it becomes clear that various approaches can solve the same problem and that many problems can be handled by the same method.