✦ LIBER ✦

BOOK REVIEW: Basic Biostatistics: Concepts for the Health Sciences: The Almost No Math Stats Book. Frank D. Bell, W.C. Brown Publishers, Oxford, England, 1995. No. of pages: xiv+176. Price: £23.95. ISBN: 0-697-14979-X

✍ Scribed by M. A. A. COX

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Weight: 45 KB
Volume: 16
Category: Article
ISSN: 0277-6715
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0258(19970615)16:11<1307::aid-sim559>3.0.co;2-n

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✦ Synopsis

As the lengthy title makes clear, the text aims to dispel the commonly held fear of statistics. To achieve this, most unnecessary mathematics is neglected. The author adopts very much an easy reading style, aimed not to panic the intended audience.