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In this chapter, you'll explore summary statistics including mean, median, and standard deviation, and learn how to accurately interpret them. Springer; 1st ed. With recent advances in the Python ecosystem, Python has become a popular language for scientific computing, offering a powerful environment for statistical data analysis and an interesting alternative to R. The book is intended for master and PhD students, mainly from the life and medical sciences, with a basic knowledge of statistics. He has extensive experience in medical research, with a focus on the diagnosis and treatment of vertigo and dizziness and on rehabilitation. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. In this course, you'll discover how to answer questions like these as you grow your statistical skills and learn how to calculate averages, use scatterplots to show the relationship between numeric values, and calculate correlation. 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This textbook provides an introduction to the free software Python and its use for statistical data analysis. It covers common statistical tests for continuous, discrete and categorical data, as well as linear regression analysis and topics from survival analysis and Bayesian statistics. But truth be told, those two topics deserve to be covered separately in their own right. He has been teaching in an academic environment for more than 10 years. It covers common statistical tests for continuous, discrete and categorical data, as well as linear regression analysis and topics from survival analysis and Bayesian statistics. Again, the clarity of the book and how the content is presented makes it very attractive. Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2016. I only wish the book had also touched upon epidemiology and spread of infectious disease along with Bioinformatics. You are listening to a sample of the Audible narration for this Kindle book. 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