{"product_id":"methods-and-applications-of-statistics-in-the-life-and-health-sciences-hardback-9780470405093","title":"Methods and Applications of Statistics in the Life and Health Sciences (Hardback) 9780470405093","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMethods and Applications of Statistics in the Life and Health Sciences\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNarayanaswamy Balakrishnan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780470405093, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 12 January 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1024 pages, Charts: 9 B\u0026amp;W, 0 Color; Photos: 4 B\u0026amp;W, 0 Color; Drawings: 24 B\u0026amp;W, 0 Color; Maps: 1 B\u0026amp;W, 0 Color; Tables: 0 B\u0026amp;W, 0 Color; Graphs: 73 B\u0026amp;W, 0 Color\u003cbr\u003e25.9 x 18.8 x 4.1 cm, 1.728 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"The well-written and authoritative articles come from an impressive list of experts in their fields.\" (\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e, 2010)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInspired by the \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Second Edition\u003ci\u003e, this volume outlines the statistical tools for successfully working with modern life and health sciences research\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eData collection holds an essential part in dictating the future of health sciences and public health, as the compilation of statistics allows researchers and medical practitioners to monitor trends in health status, identify health problems, and evaluate the impact of health policies and programs. \u003ci\u003eMethods and Applications of Statistics in the Life and Health Sciences\u003c\/i\u003e serves as  a single, one-of-a-kind resource on the wide range of statistical methods, techniques, and applications that are applied in modern life and health sciences in research. Specially designed to present encyclopedic content in an accessible and self-contained format, this book outlines thorough coverage of the underlying theory and standard applications to research in related disciplines such as biology, epidemiology, clinical trials, and public health.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUniquely combining established literature with cutting-edge research, this book contains classical works and more than twenty-five new articles and completely revised contributions from the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e. The result is a compilation of more than eighty articles that explores classic methodology and new topics, including:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eSequential methods in biomedical research\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStatistical measures of human quality of life\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChange-point methods in genetics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSample size determination for clinical trials\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMixed-effects regression models for predicting pre-clinical disease\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProbabilistic and statistical models for conception\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eStatistical methods are explored and applied to population growth, disease detection and treatment, genetic and genomic research, drug development, clinical trials, screening and prevention, and the assessment of rehabilitation, recovery, and quality of life. These topics are explored in contributions written by more than 100 leading academics, researchers, and practitioners who utilize various statistical practices, such as election bias, survival analysis, missing data techniques, and cluster analysis for handling the wide array of modern issues in the life and health sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith its combination of traditional methodology and newly developed research, \u003ci\u003eMethods and Applications of Statistics in the Life and Health Sciences\u003c\/i\u003e has everything students, academics, and researchers in the life and health sciences need to build and apply their knowledge of statistical methods and applications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface v\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Aalen’s Additive Risk Model 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Aggregation 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 AIDS Stochastic Models 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 All-or-None Compliance 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Ascertainment Sampling 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Assessment Bias 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Bioavailability and Bioequivalence 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Cancer Stochastic Models 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Centralized Genomic Control: A Simple Approach Correcting for Population Structures in Case-Control Association Studies 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Change Point Methods in Genetics 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Classical Biostatistics 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Clinical Trials-II 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Cluster Randomization 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Cohort Analysis 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Comparisons with a Control 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Competing Risks 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Countermatched Sampling 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Counting Processes 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Cox’s Proportional Hazards Model 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Crossover Trials 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Design and Analysis for Repeated Measurements 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 DNA Fingerprinting 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Epidemics 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Epidemiological Statistics I 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Epidemiological Statistics II 299\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Event History Analysis 319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 FDA Statistical Programs: An Overview 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 FDA Statistical Programs: Human Drugs 335\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Follow-Up 343\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Frailty Models 349\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Framingham: An Evolving Longitudinal Study 353\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Genetic Linkage 359\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Group-Sequential Methods in Biomedical Research 365\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Group-Sequential Tests 377\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Grouped Data in Survival Analysis 391\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Image Processing 397\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Image Restoration and Reconstruction 415\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Imputation and Multiple Imputation 425\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 Incomplete Data 441\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 Interval Censoring 451\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 Interrater Agreement 461\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Kaplan-Meier Estimator I 481\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 Kaplan-Meier Estimator II 489\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44 Landmark Data 501\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45 Longitudinal Data Analysis 515\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46 Meta-Analysis 531\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e47 Missing Data: Sensitivity Analysis 535\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e48 Multiple Testing in Clinical Trials 547\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e49 Mutation Processes 555\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e50 Nested Case-Control Sampling 559\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e51 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719\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e66 Scan Statistics 733\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e67 Semiparametric Analysis of Competing-Risk Data 749\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e68 Size and Shape Analysis 769\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e69 Stability Study Designs 781\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e70 Statistical Analysis of DNA Microarray Data 795\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e71 Statistical Genetics 801\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e72 Statistical Methods in Bioassay 807\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e73 Statistical Modeling of Human Fecundity 815\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e74 Statistical Quality of Life 839\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e75 Statistics at CDC 865\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e76 Statistics in Dentistry 871\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e77 Statistics in Evolutionary Genetics 873\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e78 Statistics in Forensic Science 879\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e79 Statistics in Human Genetics I 887\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e80 Statistics in Human Genetics II 893\u003c\/p\u003e 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