Basics of Biostatistics:A Manual for Medical Practitioners

• The prime purpose of the treatise is to remove the fear of statistics as an extra-terrestrial object and to foster the scientific way of thinking-accepting only the proof and not agreeing until the concept is clearly proved or disproved • Pure mathematical approach has been limited to minimum possible with focus on the concepts • Provides a complete overview of the statistical methods in a concise and precise manner to build a strong foundation for understanding the advanced tools and techniques • Compares the concepts wherever possible so that the fine differences are captured and conveyed • The chapters Back to School-to review the elementary concepts such as fractions, logs, set theory, permutation and combination, etc. and Measurement and Error Analysis-to focus on research papers and clinical trials, are added • Includes the additional topics such as life table, Kaplan-Meier curves, interpolation, time series, etc. and subjects such as statistical quality control, decision theory, index numbers which find use in medical administration.