Biostatistics: The Bare Essentials, 3rd edition
ISBN: 978-1-55009-347-6
January 2008
408 pages, 8½” x 11”
CD-Rom with lecture videos featuring the authors
ISBN 978-1-55009-347-6
(Biostatistics book only) US $59.95
ISBN 978-1-55009-400-8
(Biostatistics with SPSS) US $99.95
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Geoffrey R. Norman, PhD
Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
David L. Streiner, PhD
Assistant Vice President, Research
Assistant Vice President, Research
Director, Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit
Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care
Professor, Department of Psychiatry
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
This 3rd edition of the book is available in two versions:
Textbook with CD-ROM
Textbook with SPSS package:
http://www.pmph-usa.com/products/biostatistics-the-bare-essentials-with-spss
This book translates biostatistics in the health sciences literature with clarity and irreverence. Students and practitioners alike applaud Biostatistics: The Bare Essentials as the practical guide that exposes them to every statistical test they may encounter, with careful conceptual explanations and a minimum of algebra.
What’s New?
The new Bare Essentials reflects recent advances in statistics, as well as time-honored methods. For example, “hierarchical linear modeling” which first appeared in psychology journals and only now is described in medical literature, is included. Also new is a chapter on testing for equivalence and non-inferiority as well as a chapter with information for getting started with the computer statistics program SPSS.
Free of calculations and jargon, Bare Essentials speaks so plainly that you won’t need a technical dictionary. The focus is on the concepts, not the math. The objective is to enable you to determine whether the research results are applicable to your own patients.
Throughout the guide, you’ll find highlights of areas in which researchers misuse or misinterpret statistical tests. The authors have labeled these “C.R.A.P. Detectors” (Convoluted Reasoning and Anti-intellectual Pomposity), and they help you to identify faulty methodology and misuse of statistics.
Key Features
- Analysis of Longitudinal Data: Hierarchical Linear Models
- Equivalence and Non-Inferiority Testing
- Getting Started with SPSS
- Survival Analysis
- C.R.A.P Detectors for each section
Testimonials from Readers
“…I’m actually enjoying a stats book! When you said someone was laughing so hard they dropped your textbook in the bath, I was skeptical, but now, I truly understand! I often comment that your text is very funny and people are surprised that I did not mean the phrase as an oxymoron. Thank you for taking this approach to teaching stats!” — Le-anh Ngo
“I hate stats, loath stats. But, I have just discovered Biostatistics, and just had to say thank you for making me laugh. I have never had things explained so simply and appropriately (this is my third go at stats…). Keep writing… you are making a difference to some poor stats students.” — Karen Munk
“Yes, the marginalia is very popular with faculty and students alike; a colleague and I giggled hysterically over the humorous examples and marginalia (those passing her office thought we’d lost our marbles). My favorite is Chapter 13 — the yuppie patients. Usually statistics books put me to sleep, but Biostatistics is the exception.” — Christine Marton
“I thought Biostatistics looked interesting — and it definitely is! Without it, I don’t know if I would ever have made sense of the subject. I’m in the midst of writing up my PhD thesis and it’s been an invaluable reference and — perhaps more miraculous — I never read a page without a chuckle. The great mix of humor and statistics is too often thought to be mutually exclusive. I’m recommending this book to all my fellow graduate students.” — Joe Brown
“Biostatistics: The Bare Essentials would have been life-changing had it been published when I was in graduate school at the University of Chicago. It now must settle for being life-enhancing. Statistics doesn’t have to be that god-awful boring! And it can be simply described as well. I thought Howard Wainer was clear, but you guys are even better!” — Rebecca J. McCauley
“I just wanted you to know that you and Dr. Streiner are the only people on the planet who can make me laugh when trying to figure out statistics.” — Monica McHenry
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