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The book focuses on practical areas of statistics in terms of their relevance to biomedical applications-statistical hypothesis testing and estimation, illustrative examples and challenging problems, culled from the recent biomedical literature, highlight the discussions throughout and help to foster a more intuitive approach to biostatistics. Packaged with the book or available separately, a Software Program (IBM or Apple) offers an easy-to-use, menu-driven program which performs 17 commonly used statistical tests featured in the Third Edition of Primer of Biostatistics.