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PREFACE<br />

vii<br />

Chapter 13 Nonparametric and Distribution-Free Statistics. New explanatory comments<br />

and computer printouts have been added in this chapter.<br />

Chapter 14 Vital Statistics. The introduction now includes a paragraph on epidemiology.<br />

SUPPLEMENTS<br />

Instructor’s Solutions Manual. Prepared by Chad Cross, University of Nevada, Las<br />

Vegas. Includes solutions to all problems found in the text. Available only to instructors<br />

who have adopted the text.<br />

New! Student Solutions Manual. Prepared by Chad Cross, University of Nevada, Las<br />

Vegas. Includes solutions to all odd numbered exercises. May be packaged with the text<br />

at a discounted price.<br />

Data Sets. More than 250 data sets of varying sizes have been integrated throughout the<br />

exposition, evidencing this edition’s focus on currency and relevance to modern students.<br />

All examples, section exercises, and review exercises of more then 20 entries are available<br />

at the Wiley Web site below. The large data sets are designed for analysis by the<br />

following techniques: probability (Chapter 3), interval estimation (Chapter 6), hypothesis<br />

testing (Chapter 7), analysis of variance (Chapter 8), simple linear regression (Chapter 9),<br />

multiple regression (Chapter 10), advanced regression analysis (Chapter 11), and chisquare<br />

(Chapter 12). Exercises at the end of these chapters instruct students on how to<br />

use the large data sets. The data sets are available to both instructor and student for download<br />

from the Wiley Web site at<br />

www.wiley.com/college/daniel<br />

If you do not have Internet access, please contact the publisher at 111 River Street,<br />

Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774, telephone: 1-877-762-2974 to obtain the electronic files.<br />

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS<br />

For their many helpful suggestions on how to make this edition of Biostatistics better, I wish<br />

to express my gratitude to the many readers of the previous editions and to the instructors<br />

who have used the book in their classrooms. In particular, I thank the following people who<br />

made valuable recommendations for this revision:<br />

Emilia Bagiella<br />

Yi Cheng<br />

Casey Cremins<br />

Kate Crespi<br />

Columbia University<br />

Indiana University, South Bend<br />

University of Maryland<br />

University of California, Los Angeles

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