Biostatistics: Some Basic Concepts |
Contents
INTRODUCTION TO INFERENTIAL STATISTICS | 69 |
ERRORS IN TESTING HYPOTHESES | 81 |
FREQUENCY PROBABILITY | 89 |
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a p value a z score analysis of variance Apgar scores beta error birth weight calculate central tendency chance chapter chi-square test concept confidence interval continuous data conventional therapy degrees of freedom dependent variable descriptive statistics determine dispersion Diuretic example frequency distribution geometric mean graph head circumference inferential statistics look matched controls matched or unmatched matched samples MATCHED UNMATCHED MEASURES OF CENTRAL median nominal data normal curve normal distribution null hypothesis number of observations one-way ANOVA ordinal data outcome pairs patients percentage percentile population mean predictive value Present Absent probability random sample range Rank Sum Test raw score RECAP regression analysis relative risk repeated measures represent respiratory disease risk factor sampling variation set of data sign test small sample specific square standard deviation statistically significant test statistic tests of significance Type II errors z score z statistic