Vital Statistics An introduction to health science statistics McKenzie Paperback

Vital Statistics\n\nAn introduction to health science statistics\n\nStephen McKenzie (Author)\n\n9780729541497, Elsevier Health Sciences\n\nPaperback / softback, published 4 June 2013\n\n244 pages\n21.5 x 14 x 1.6 cm, 0.416 kg\n\nVital Statistics: an introduction to health science statistics draws on real world, health-related and local examples, with a broad appeal to the Health Sciences student , it demonstrates how an understanding of statistics is useful both in the real world, and in statistics exams. \nWritten in recognition of Health Sciences courses which require knowledge of statistical literacy, this book guides the reader to an understanding of why, as well as how and when to use statistics.\nIt explores:\n \n--How data relates to information, and how information relates to knowledge \n--How to use statistics to distinguish information from disinformation \n--The importance of probability, in statistics and in life\n \n--That inferential statistics allow us to infer from s]