Wiley Reference Collection in Biostatistics, 3 Volume Set

The Wiley Reference Collection in Biostatistics provides you with the chance to purchase the three spin-off volumes from the Wiley Encyclopedia of Biostatistics, which present information in separate articles, arranged alphabetically and with numerous references to the current literature. The three volumes in this series are: * Encyclopedia of Epidemiologic Methods * Biostatistics in Clinical Trials. * Biostatistical Genetics and Genetic Epidemiology Featuring contributions from leading experts in academia, government and industry, all three volumes have been designed to complement existing texts on the subject by providing further extensive, up-to-date coverage of specialised topics and by introducing the reader to the research literature. By purchasing the Wiley Reference Collection in Biostatistics you can keep yourself up to date with the latest advances in this rapidly evolving field AND save yourself or your library over £150.00 / EURO250.00 About the Author Peter Armitage has a Cambridge M.A. in mathematics and a London Ph.D, in Statistics. He was a Statistician for the Medical Research Council from 1947-61, and Professor of Medical Statistics at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine from 1961-76. He then moved to Oxford, first as Professor of Biomathematics, later as Professor of Applied Statistics and head of the new Department of Statistics, retiring in 1990. His research has centred around the development of methods for medical statistics, especially clinical trials. He is a Past President of the International Biometric Society, International Society for Clinical Biostatistics, and Royal Statistical Society, and edited Biometrics 1980-84. He was appointed C.B.E. in 1984.