Case Studies in Biometry by Nicholas Lange

Case Studies in Biometry by Nicholas Lange

Case studies are viewed as an increasingly popular teaching method in applied statistics. These 21 examples have been written at a level accessible to non-experts in biomedicine and statistical methods. The areas covered are biology, AIDS, environmental sciences, clinical medicine, health care and health policy, fisheries, forestry and wildlife, biopharmaceuticals and agriculture. Examples of statistical methods employed in these case studies are linear regression, survival analysis, ordered categorical and loglinear models, logistic regression, principal components and the design of experiments.

Lynne Billard is a multi award winning University Professor of Statistics at the University of Georgia, USA. Her areas of interest include epidemic theory, AIDS, time series, sequential analysis, and symbolic data. A former President of the American Statistical Association as well as the ENAR Regional President and International President of the International Biometric Society, Professor Billard has co-edited 6 books, published over150 papers and been actively involved in many statistical societies and national committees.

Edwin Diday is a Professor in Computer Science and Mathematics, at the Universitü¾Ž–”¼ Paris Dauphine, France. He is the author or editor of 14 previous books. He is also the founder of the symbolic data analysis field, and has led numerous international research teams in the area.

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ISBN 13	9780471589259
ISBN 10	047158925X
Title	Case Studies in Biometry
Author	Nicholas Lange
Series	Wiley Series In Probability And Mathematical Statistics: Applied Probability And Statistics
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Publisher	John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Year published	1994-08-23
Number of pages	528
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