{"product_id":"basic-biostatistics-for-geneticists-and-epidemiologists-a-practical-approach-paperback","title":"Basic Biostatistics for Geneticists and Epidemiologists: A Practical Approach - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert C. Elston\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWilliam Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnyone who attempts to read genetics or epidemiology research literature needs to understand the essentials of biostatistics. This book, a revised new edition of the successful \u003ci\u003eEssentials of Biostatistics\u003c\/i\u003e has been written to provide such an understanding to those who have little or no statistical background and who need to keep abreast of new findings in this fast moving field. Unlike many other elementary books on biostatistics, the main focus of this book is to explain basic concepts needed to understand statistical procedures.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis Book: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eSurveys basic statistical methods used in the genetics and epidemiology literature, including maximum likelihood and least squares.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces methods, such as permutation testing and bootstrapping, that are becoming more widely used in both genetic and epidemiological research.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIs illustrated throughout with simple examples to clarify the statistical methodology.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplains Bayes' theorem pictorially.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures exercises, with answers to alternate questions, enabling use as a course text.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten at an elementary mathematical level so that readers with high school mathematics will find the content accessible. Graduate students studying genetic epidemiology, researchers and practitioners from genetics, epidemiology, biology, medical research and statistics will find this an invaluable introduction to statistics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBasic Biostatistics for Geneticists and Epidemiologists\u003cbr\u003eA Practical Approach\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnyone who attempts to read genetics or epidemiology research literature needs to understand the essentials of biostatistics. This book, a revised new edition of the successful \u003ci\u003eEssentials of Biostatistics\u003c\/i\u003e has been written to provide such an understanding to those who have little or no statistical background and who need to keep abreast of new findings in this fast moving field. Unlike many other elementary books on biostatistics, the main focus of this book is to explain basic concepts needed to understand statistical procedures.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis Book: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eSurveys basic statistical methods used in the genetics and epidemiology literature, including maximum likelihood and least squares.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces methods, such as permutation testing and bootstrapping, that are becoming more widely used in both genetic and epidemiological research.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIs illustrated throughout with simple examples to clarify the statistical methodology.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplains Bayes' theorem pictorially.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures exercises, with answers to alternate questions, enabling use\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eas a course text.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten at an elementary mathematical level so that readers with high school mathematics will find the content accessible. Graduate students studying genetic epidemiology, researchers and practitioners from genetics, epidemiology, biology, medical research and statistics will find this an invaluable introduction to statistics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert C. Elston\u003c\/b\u003e Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, USA.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam D. 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