Cambridge Dictionary of Statistics in the Medical Sciences

If you use statistics and need a useful, up-to-date and reliable sourcebook that provides simple definitions and explanations of statistical concepts, especially those used in biomedicine, then you will need this dictionary. Over 2000 terms are included here; Professor Everitt has aimed to provide brief but useful descriptions of particularly those terms frequently found in the medical and medical statistics literature. Where appropriate graphical illustrations or numerical examples are given; the use of mathematical formulas has been minimised. This will be an essential reference for workers in all branches of medicine, applied statistics and biostatistics, especially research workers and research oriented clinicians.

Sommario

Preface; Notes on use; Acknowledgements; Sources; The dictionary.

Riassunto

Need to know what a quangle is? Look no further. Over 2000 terms are defined in this 2005 dictionary, which provides brief but useful descriptions of statistical terms frequently found in the biomedical literature. Where appropriate, terms are illustrated by graphical or numerical examples, and the use of mathematical formulae has been minimised.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Everitt, Brian Everitt, Brian S. Everitt
• Editore: Cambridge Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 19.10.1995
• EAN: 9780521479288
• ISBN: 978-0-521-47928-8
• Dimensioni: 158 mm x 234 mm x 15 mm
• Peso: 490 g
• Illustrazioni: 70 b/w illus. 5 tables, Zeichnungen, nicht spezifiziert, Tabellen, nicht spezifiziert
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali; MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General, Probability & statistics, Probability and statistics