Biostatistics

BiostatisticsA Methodology for the Health SciencesSecond EditionGERALDVANBELLELLOYD D. FISHERPATRICK J. HEAGERTYTHOMAS LUMLEYD epartment of Biostatistics andDepartment of Environmental andOccupational Health SciencesUniversity of WashingtonSeattle, WashingtonA JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC., PUBLICATIONC opyright 2004 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New simultaneously in part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form orby any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise, except aspermitted under Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the priorwritten permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee tothe Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, 978-750-8400, fax978-646-8600, or on the web at Requests to the Publisher for permission should beaddressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Introduction to Biostatistics 1.1 INTRODUCTION We welcome the reader who wishes to learn biostatistics. In this chapter we introduce you to the subject. We define statistics and biostatistics. Then examples are given where biostatistical techniques are useful. These examples show that biostatistics is an important tool in advancing

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