Statistics for Biomedical Engineers and Scientists: How to Visualize and Analyze Data

Statistics for Biomedical Engineers and Scientists: How to Analyze and Visualize Data provides an intuitive understanding of the concepts of basic statistics, with a focus on solving biomedical problems. Readers will learn how to understand the fundamental concepts of descriptive and inferential statistics, analyze data and choose an appropriate hypothesis test to answer a given question, compute numerical statistical measures and perform hypothesis tests ‘by hand’, and visualize data and perform statistical analysis using MATLAB. Practical activities and exercises are provided, making this an ideal resource for students in biomedical engineering and the biomedical sciences who are in a course on basic statistics.

Presents a practical guide on how to visualize and analyze statistical dataProvides numerous practical examples and exercises to illustrate the power of statistics in biomedical engineering applicationsGives an intuitive understanding of statistical testsCovers practical skills by showing how to perform operations ‘by hand’ and by using MATLAB as a computational toolIncludes an online resource with downloadable materials for students and teachers

1. Descriptive Statistics I: Univariate Statistics 2. Descriptive Statistics II: Bivariate Statistics 3. Descriptive Statistics III: ROC Analysis 4. Inferential Statistics I: Basic Concepts 5. Inferential Statistics II: Parametric Hypothesis Testing 6. Inferential Statistics III: Nonparametric Hypothesis Testing 7. Inferential Statistics IV: Choosing a Hypothesis Test 8. Inferential Statistics V: Multiple Hypothesis Testing 9. Experimental Design and Sample Size Calculations 10. Statistical Shape Models 11. Case Study on Descriptive and Inferential Statistics