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Principles of Biostatistics (with CD-ROM)

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Authors: Marcello Pagano, Kimberlee Gauvreau
Publisher: Duxbury Press
Discount Category: Book

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Customer Ratings: 3.5 out of 5 stars 17 comments

Media: Hardcover
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 592
Shipping Weight (pounds): 2.4
Dimensions (inch): 9.4 x 7.4 x 1.1

ISBN: 0534229026
Dewey Decimal Number: 570.15195
EAN: 9780534229023

Publication Date: March 9, 2000
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Marcello Pagano and Kimberlee Gauvreau's PRINCIPLES OF BIOSTATISTICS, Second Edition is a concepts-based introduction to statistical procedures that prepares public health, medical, and life sciences students to conduct and evaluate research. With an engaging writing style and helpful graphics, the emphasis is on concepts over formulas or rote memorization. Throughout the book, the authors use practical, interesting examples with real data to bring the material to life.


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5 out of 5 stars Great transaction   September 29, 2008
Very smooth transaction. Quick delivery and book is just as described...excellent condition. Would definitely do business again. Thanks!


1 out of 5 stars Flunks basic statistics   August 31, 2008
 1 out of 1 found this comment useful.

One of the first things you learn when studying statistics is that correlation does not equal causation. Yet on the very first page of this book the authors ignore this precept in order to engage in a bit of political propaganda.

You'd think someone writing a textbook would be smarter than that.



3 out of 5 stars Not for the intro-level Stat student   March 30, 2008
Bought this off Amazon for the cheapest price for my intro Stat class. Overall, it wasn't that bad because my professor explained the topics in it very well, however, if not for her, the notes and explanation section in the book are much too verbose and lacking good, clear examples. For instance, my Calculus textbook notes section before chapter problems has at least 2-3 problems for every type in varying difficulty whereas this only has one explanation contained in paragraphs.


5 out of 5 stars another fine introductory biostatistics book   February 13, 2008
 23 out of 24 found this comment useful.

Like Rosner's book by the same publisher, this text is an introductory text by Harvard professors who teach medical students. It seems to be in competition with Rosner's book which makes me wonder why the same publisher is publishing them both. The style is different but the market and level of the two books seem to be the same. Both texts include diskettes with data for PCs. Both books are well written and cover mostly the same topics. The Pagano text seems to go into a little more detail on contingency tables and survival analysis. Both contain lists of valuable references.


4 out of 5 stars too wordy   November 8, 2007
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It is written for students who dont have a good mathematical background..Therefore it is too wordy for an engineer , physics or math student..as a student with such background, I founded many long explanations redundant as they could be said in 2 lines..