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Dancey (psychology, U. of East London, UK) et al. introduce statistics to undergraduate health sciences students and those in allied subjects without discussing statistical formulas. They explain the rationale and concepts underlying the use of statistical analyses and how they are applied in health science research. After introducing the research process, they describe the statistical software packages SPSS, R, and SAS; descriptive statistics; the basis of statistical testing; epidemiology; data screening and cleansing; differences; testing associations between categorical variables; correlational techniques; regression; measurement and analysis of change; and survival analysis. Examples are drawn from journals related to subjects in the health sciences and use SPSS. Annotation Ac2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
