Biostatistics – A Bayesian Introduction Woodworth Hardback Wiley–Blackwell

BiostatisticsA Bayesian Introduction\nAuthor(s): George G. Woodworth\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, United States\nImprint: Wiley-Interscience\nISBN-13: 9780471468424, 978-0471468424\nSynopsis\nAn essential introductory text linking traditional biostatistics with bayesian methods\n In recent years, Bayesian methods have seen an explosion of interest, with applications in fields including biochemistry, ecology, medicine, oncology, pharmacology, and public health. As an interpretive system integrating data with observation, the Bayesian approach provides a nuanced yet mathematically rigorous means of conceptualizing biomedical statistics--from diagnostic tests to DNA evidence.\n Biostatistics: A Bayesian Introduction offers a pioneering approach by presenting the foundations of biostatistics through the Bayesian lens. Using easily understood, classic Dutch Book thought experiments to derive subjective probability from a simple principle of rationality, the boo.