The Tutorials in Biostatistics have become a very popularfeature of the prestigious Wiley journal, Statistics inMedicine (SIM). The introductory style and practical focus makethem accessible to a wide audience including medical practitionerswith limited statistical knowledge. This book represents thefirst of two volumes presenting the best tutorials published inSIM, focusing on statistical methods in clinical studies. Topicsinclude the design and analysis of clinical trials, epidemiology,survival analysis, and data monitoring. Each tutorial is focused ona medical problem, has been fully peer-reviewed and edited, and isauthored by leading researchers in biostatistics. Manyarticles include an appendix on the latest developments sincepublication in the journal and additional references.
This will appeal to statisticians working in medical research,as well as statistically-minded clinicians, biologists,epidemiologists and geneticists. It will also appeal to graduatestudents of biostatistics.