Biostatistics category: 339 books
by Witold Zatonski, K. Gottesmann, Nikolaus Becker
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The first publication of cancer mortality data in Po ners, research workers and political authorities for land took place 100 years ago in 1888. The evalua information on frequencies, time trends, and spatial tion of such data was greatly enhanced in the early distributions of the different cancer...
Design of Experiments in Nonlinear Models
Asymptotic Normality, Optimality Criteria and Small-Sample Properties
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Design of Experiments in Nonlinear Models: Asymptotic Normality, Optimality Criteria and Small-Sample Properties provides a comprehensive coverage of the various aspects of experimental design for nonlinear models. The book contains original contributions to the theory of optimal experiments that...
Cancer Mortality and Morbidity Patterns in the U.S. Population
An Interdisciplinary Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2008
The purpose of this book is to examine the etiology of cancer in large human populations using mathematical models developed from an inter-disciplinary perspective of the population epidemiological, biodemographic, genetic and physiological basis of the mechanisms of cancer initiation and progression....
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Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2008
Here, biologists and statisticians come together in an interdisciplinary synthesis with the aim of developing new methods to overcome the most significant challenges and constraints faced by quantitative biologists seeking to model demographic rates.
Objective Medical Decision-making; Systems Approach in Acute Disease
Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 19–22 April 1983 Proceedings
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2013
Objective medical decision~making has shown itself to be an emerging discipline which is sufficiently robust to promote its further development. This book identifies many important areas for applications in the field of acute patient care. The different approaches require testing, evaluation and mutual...
by George F. Estabrook
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2011
Scientists need statistics. Increasingly this is accomplished using computational approaches. Freeing readers from the constraints, mysterious formulas and sophisticated mathematics of classical statistics, this book is ideal for researchers who want to take control of their own statistical arguments....
by Constantino Antonio García Martínez, Abraham Otero Quintana, Xosé A. Vila
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
This book introduces readers to the basic concepts of Heart Rate Variability (HRV) and its most important analysis algorithms using a hands-on approach based on the open-source RHRV software. HRV refers to the variation over time of the intervals between consecutive heartbeats. Despite its apparent...
New Theory of Discriminant Analysis After R. Fisher
Advanced Research by the Feature Selection Method for Microarray Data
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2016
This is the first book to compare eight LDFs by different types of datasets, such as Fisher’s iris data, medical data with collinearities, Swiss banknote data that is a linearly separable data (LSD), student pass/fail determination using student attributes, 18 pass/fail determinations using exam...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
Methods of risk analysis and the outcome of particular evaluations and predictions are covered in detail in this proceedings volume, whose contributions are based on invited presentations from Professor Mei-Ling Ting Lee's 2011 symposium on Risk Analysis and the Evaluation of Predictions. This symposium...
Statistical Applications from Clinical Trials and Personalized Medicine to Finance and Business Analytics
Selected Papers from the 2015 ICSA/Graybill Applied Statistics Symposium, Colorado State University, Fort Collins
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2016
The papers in this volume represent a broad, applied swath of advanced contributions to the 2015 ICSA/Graybill Applied Statistics Symposium of the International Chinese Statistical Association, held at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. The contributions cover topics that range from statistical...
Measurement in Medicine
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2011
The success of the Apgar score demonstrates the astounding power of an appropriate clinical instrument. This down-to-earth book provides practical advice, underpinned by theoretical principles, on developing and evaluating measurement instruments in all fields of medicine. It equips you to choose...
by Gerald van Belle, Kathleen F. Kerr
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2012
An accessible and practical approach to the design and analysis of experiments in the health sciences
Design and Analysis of Experiments in the Health Sciences provides a balanced presentation of design and analysis issues relating to data in the health sciences and emphasizes new research...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
With ever-rising healthcare costs, evidence generation through Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) plays an increasingly important role in decision-making about the allocation of resources. Accordingly, it is now customary for health technology assessment and reimbursement agencies to request...
Objective Medical Decision-Making Systems Approach in Disease
Workshop, Crete, Greece, April 30–May 5, 1985 Proceedings
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013