Basic concepts in statistics and epidemiology / Théodore H. MacDonald ; foreword by Allyson Pollock.

Oxford : Radcliffe Pub., [2007], ©2007.

ix, 214 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Describing a mass of data -- A necessary glimpse of probability -- Using the normal curve -- An approximation to the normal curve -- Testing samples -- Testing small samples -- A taste of epidemiology -- From binomial to Poisson -- Non-parametric statistics -- For the algebraically innocent -- The Gini coefficient -- Correlation: a measure of relatedness -- The problem of prediction -- Introducing ANOVA -- A brief introduction to designing a research project.

Includes index.