Basic biostatistics for geneticists and epidemiologists :a practical approach
Chichester, U.K.
John Wiley & Sons
2008
x, 373 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
Robert C. Elston, William D. Johnson
Introduction : the role and relevance of statistics, genetics and epidemiology in medicine -- Populations, samples, and study design -- Descriptive statistics -- The laws of probability -- Random variables and distributions -- Estimates and confidence limits -- Significance tests and tests of hypotheses -- Likelihood ratios, Bayesian methods and multiple hypotheses -- The many uses of chi-square -- Correlation and regression -- Analysis of variance and linear models -- Some specialized techniques -- Guides to a critical evaluation of published reports