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008    180612s2016    xxua     b    001 0 eng d 
020    9781785231162 
050 00 RA652.2.M3 |bS74 2016 
100 1  Stewart, Antony,|d1961 
245 10 Basic statistics and epidemiology :|ba practical guide /
       |cAntony Stewart. 
250    4th ed 
260    Boca Raton :|bCRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group,|c2016 
300    viii, 218 p :|bill ;|c25 cm. 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505    What are statistics? -- Populations and samples -- Random 
       sampling -- Presenting data -- Frequencies, percentages, 
       proportions and rates -- Types of data -- Mean, median and
       mode -- Centiles -- Standard deviation -- Standard error -
       Normal distribution -- Confidence intervals --Probability 
       -- Hypothesis tests and P-values -- The t-tests -- Data 
       checking -- Parametric and non-parametric  tests -- 
       Correlation and linear regression -- Analysis of variance 
       and some other types of regression -- Chi-squared test -- 
       Statistical power and samples size -- Effect size-- What 
       is epidemiology? -- Bias and confounding --Measuring 
       disease frequncey -- Measuring association in epidemiology
       -- Prevalence studies -- Questionnaires -- Cohort studies 
       -- Case-control studies -- Randomised controlled trials --
       Screening -- Evidence-based        healthcare. 
650  0 Medical statistics 
650  0 Epidemiology 
650  0 Mathematical statistics