TY - BOOK AU - Gerstman, B. Burt. AU - ED - ED - ED - ED - TI - : statistics for public health practice SN - 9780763735807 (alk. paper);0763735809 (alk. paper) SN - 2 PY - 2008///];copyright 2008.46 CY - Sudbury, Mass. PB - Jones and Bartlett Publishers KW - KW - 2 KW - 0 KW - 6 KW - 20 KW - Statistical methods.;methods KW - Medical statistics.;Biometry.;Public health;Biometry;Public Health Practice N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part I general concept and techniques -- Types of studies -- Frequency distributions -- Summary statistics -- Probability concepts -- Binomial probability distributions -- Normal probability distributions -- Introduction to statistical inference -- Basics of hypotheses testing -- Basics of confidence intervals -- Part II quantitative response variable -- Inference about a mean -- Comparing independent means -- Comparing several means (one-way ANOVA) -- Correlation and regression -- Multiple linear regression -- Part III categorical response variable -- Inference about a proportion -- Comparing two proportions -- Cross-tabulated counts -- Stratified 2-by-2 tables; 5 ER -