Biostatistics and Epidemiology: A Primer for Health Professionals

Biostatistics and Epidemiology: A Primer for Public Health Professionals focuses on the underlying framework of the field and offers practical guidelines for research and interpretation. In addition to major sections devoted to statistics and epidemiology, the book includes a comprehensive exploration of the scientific method, probability, and clinical trials. New to the second edition are: - new information on the Cox proportional hazard technique - a section on how to plan a research study or clinical trial - writing a study or grant proposal - a new chapter on areas relevant to behavioral research, including repeated measures, reliability, and validity.