Biostatistics: The Bare Essentials with SPSS
ISBN: 978-1-60795-163-6
Specifications
Having Trouble with SPSS installation? See the help section below the Key Features description below.
January 2008
408 pages, 8 ½” x 11”
CD-Rom with video and complete text
ISBN 978-1-55009-347-6
(Biostatistics book only) US $ 59.95
ISBN 978-1-55009-400-8
(Biostatistics with SPSS package) US $99.95
Geoffrey Norman, PhD
Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
McMaster University
David Streiner PhD
Assistant Vice-President, Research Director
Assistant Vice-President, Research Director
Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit
Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care
Professor, Department of Psychiatry University of Toronto
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This version of the book includes the SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science) software. The purchaser will be prompted to activate the program and will have six months access to the program as part of their purchase price. This book translates biostatistics in the health sciences literature with clarity and irreverence. Students and practitioners alike applaud Biostatistics: 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. Also new, is a chapter on testing for equivalence and non-inferiority. As well as a chapter with information to get 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. No math, all concepts. The objective is to enable you to determine if 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. We have labeled these “C.R.A.P. Detectors” (Convoluted Reasoning and Anti-intellectual Pomposity), which 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
Survival Analysis
C.R.A.P Detectors for each section
SPSS HELP Windows (Mac Help below this letter)
Due to the recent Microsoft Windows Security update KB978601 you may be unable to install the SPSS Student Version 17.0. If you have installed the MS windows update and then attempt to install SPSS Student Version 17.0 you will receive the following error: “Error 1330. A file that is required cannot be installed because the cabinet file C:\...\v7temp.cab has an invalid digital signature. This may indicate that the cabinet file is corrupt. Error 24592 was returned by WinVerifyTrust.”
Resolution 89164 is now available on the SPSS technical support site at http://spss.com/TechSupport/.
To obtain the resolution please visit http://spss.com/TechSupport/ and register by clicking on the “register” link on the right side of the technical support home page.
Once you have registered you will have access to the SPSS technical support page. You have two options to obtain the resolution.
1. Download the patch immediately. Under “Main menu” on the left side of the page click on “modify” my product view. Add Statistics by marking the Statistics box. Statistics should now be listed under “My product view”. Click on “Statistics” to view the Statistics home page. Near the middle of the page you will see “Note (Version 17 Student Versions ONLY)” and a hyperlink for Windows XP and Windows Vista. Click on the hyperlink for the operating system you are running to view the resolution and download the patch.
2. Open a case. Click on “submit a case” on the left side of the page. Please complete as much information as possible to ensure a timely response from SPSS technical support. In the description of issue please include resolution 89064, the ISBN number and publisher name which are both included on the SPSS Student Version 17.0 CD label. Be sure to click the “submit a case” tab at the bottom of the page before closing the window. SPSS technical support will respond within 48 hours with the resolution.
The SPSS support site offers other helpful information such as Statistics examples, documentation, frequently used resolutions and FAQs. We highly recommend taking advantage of the information on this site as well as the information available in the software HELP menu. In the HELP menu you will find a Statistics coach and tutorial.
SPSS Software and the MAC
Version 18.0
SPSS Student Version 18.0 runs on Win and Mac. The system requirements are listed on the DVD label.
Version 17.0
The SPSS Statistics Student Version 17.0 is available for Windows only. Students using a Mac can download a 6 or 12 month copy of SPSS Statistics Base for Mac (see link below). A 6 month license is $40.
Direct link to download licenses: http://www.onthehub.com/spss/
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