The purpose of this book is for readers to learn how to apply statistical methods to the biomedical sciences. The book is written so that those with no prior training in statistics and a mathematical knowledge through algebra can follow the text—although the more mathematical training one has, the easier the learning. The book is written for people in a wide variety of biomedical fields, including (alphabetically) biologists, biostatisticians, dentists, epidemiologists, health services researchers, health administrators, nurses, and physicians. The text appears to have a daunting amount of material. Indeed, there is a great deal of material, but most students will not cover it all. Also, over.
