Contiene: Índice, referencias y apéndice.

I. Introduction -- II. The design of experiments -- III. Sampling and observational studies -- IV. Summarizing data -- V. Presenting data -- VI. Probability -- VII. The Normal distribution -- VIII. Estimation -- IX. Significance tests -- X. Comparing the means of small samples -- XI. Regression and correlation -- XII. Methods based on rank order -- XIII. The analysis of cross-tabulations -- XIV. Choosing the statistical method -- XV. Multifactorial methods -- XVI. Time to event data -- XVII. Meta-analysis XVIII. Determination of sample size -- XIX. Missing data -- XX. Clinical measurement -- XXI. Mortality statistics and population structure -- XXII. The Bayesian approach -- Appendix 1: Suggested answers to multiple choice questions and exercises

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