Hi all, I'm looking for something to read as an introduction to biostatistics, preferably a free e-book or online resource. Also, can anyone recommend an open source statistics package for mac? I have tried epi info but they don't have a mac version. Thanks!
Intro to biostatistics reference
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just avoid IBM SPSS, it totally blows. Just finished a semester of biostats using this program. spent more time learning the program than learning the material.
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R is great. It's open source, and I'm 95% confident (get it, stats?) that it is available for Mac.
http://www.r-project.org/
http://www.r-project.org/
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Really? We use jmp in the intro course, SPSS for linear regression course, and sas for logistical regression and survival analysis course. I prefer SPSS thus far, the gui is very simple to use... I guess different strokes for different folks.
If you want to use SPSS, "discovering statistics with spss" by Andy fields is a great text.
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As others have said, R is open source and works fine for Mac. There's a learning curve if you don't have experience in computer programming. But I think there are some good GUIs out there like R Studio. And there's a massive amount of support in the R communities. Their Google group is massive.
I minored in stats in grad school, so I thought the courses on Coursera and EdX were nice refreshers. The basics of biostatistics need to be repeated until it's second nature. So, it doesn't hurt to take a couple online courses to learn the material from different directions. The online courses integrate basic stats with using R, so it might be perfect for your needs.
I minored in stats in grad school, so I thought the courses on Coursera and EdX were nice refreshers. The basics of biostatistics need to be repeated until it's second nature. So, it doesn't hurt to take a couple online courses to learn the material from different directions. The online courses integrate basic stats with using R, so it might be perfect for your needs.
