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The key pedagogical features of Applied Biostatistics for the Health Sciences include the following:

 The important formulas, procedures, and definitions are highlighted.

 There is a glossary at the end of each chapter containing the key terminology and ideas introduced in the chapter.

 Wherever possible the subscripts were dropped from the variables to simplify the notation used with many of the statistics.

 There are numerous worked out examples illustrating important concepts and proper use of a statistical method.

 Real-life data are used wherever possible in the examples and exercises, and the real-life data sets used throughout the book are available on the book’s website.

 Computer output is provided in many of the examples and exercises to minimize the computational aspects of the statistical methods that have been used.

A large number of exercises have been included in each chapter, and the solutions to most of the exercises have also been included at the end of this text. I believe that the exercises accompanying this text do indeed cover a wide range of topics and levels of difficulty; there are many questions that deal with the conceptual aspects of the material discussed in each chapter that often lead to excellent classroom discussions. I believe that the successful completion of these exercises will help the student understand the statistical methods introduced in each chapter and gain the confidence necessary to be successful in upper division applied statistics courses, which, of course, are the goals of this textbook.