Stage 4 Biostatistics

Biostatistics (optional):
When mathematics is applied to biology or medical science, a subject with significant importance. For more free online material, see also John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's biostatistics section.

In general:

• Armitage P., Berry G. and Matthews J.N.S. Statistical Methods in Medical Research
• Brant R. Biostatistics I, II (FREE!)
• Broemeling L.D. Bayesian Biostatistics and Diagnostic Medicine
• D'Agostino R. (ed.) Tutorials in Biostatistics Vol.1 Statistical Methods in Clinical Studies
  D'Agostino R. (ed.) Tutorials in Biostatistics Vol.2 Statistical Modelling of Complex Medical Data - Collected papers from Statistics in Medicine, readable for audience with limited statistical knowledge.
• Feinstein A.R. Principles of Medical Statistics
• Forthofer R.N., Lee E.S. and Hernandez M. Biostatistics: A Guide to Design, Analysis and Discovery - See their web.
• Glantz S.A. Primer of Biostatistics
• Härdle W., Mori Y. and Vieu P. Statistical Methods for Biostatistics and Related Fields - More advanced, collection of research papers.
• Larget B. Statistical Methods for Bioscience I, II, 2007 (FREE!)
• Motulsky H. Intuitive Biostatistics
• Moye L.A. Statistical Reasoning in Medicine: The Intuitive P-Value Primer
• Norman G.R. and Streiner D.L. Biostatistics: The Bare Essentials
• Paciorek C. Bayesian Methods in Biostatistics (FREE!)
• Petrie A. and Sabin C. Medical Statistics at a Galance - See the online companion.
• Tubbs J.D. Biostatistics Lecture Notes [.pdf] (FREE!)
• van Belle G. and Fisher L.D. Biostatistics: A Methodology for the Health Sciences - See their site.
• Vittinghoff E., Glidden D.V., Shiboski S.C. and McCulloch C.E. Regression Methods in Biostatistics: Linear, Logistic, Survival, and Repeated Measures Models
• Zar J.H. Biostatistical Analysis

Statistical Methods in Epidemiology:

• Ahrens W. and Pigeot I. (ed.) Handbook of Epidemiology - For further reading.
• Bhopal R. Concepts of Epidemiology: An Integrated Introduction to the Ideas, Theories, Principles and Methods of Epidemiology
• Gerstman B.B. Epidemiology Kept Simple: An Introduction to Traditional and Modern Epidemiology - Review questions, exercises, PowerPoints, etc. here.
• Jewell N.P. Statistics for Epidemiology - Amazon reader Kalantar-zadeh comments it as a historical masterpiece in the field. Data and solution here.
• Localio R. Statistical Methods in Epidemiologic Research (FREE!)
• Newman S.C. Biostatistical Methods in Epidemiology
• Rothman K.J. Epidemiology: An Introduction
• Twisk J.W.R Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis for Epidemiology: A Practical Guide
• Wassertheil-Smoller S. Biostatistics and Epidemiology: A Primer for Health and Biomedical Professionals
• Woodward M. Epidemiology: Study Design and Data Analysis -Recommended for a first course. Mark insists that this book is written for both researcher and statistician, proofs are omitted. CRC's Instruction and Download here.

Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials:

• Chow S.-C. and Liu J.-P. Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials: Concepts and Methodologies
• Cleophas T.J., Zwinderman A.N. and Cleophas T.F. Statistics Applied to Clinical Trials
• Everitt B.S. and Pickles A. Statistical Aspects Of The Design And Analysis Of Clinical Trials
• Institute of Medicine Small Clinical Trials: Issues and Challenges (FREE! sign in required but free)
• Machin D., Day S. and Green S. (ed.) Textbook of Clinical Trials
• Matthews J.N.S. Introduction to Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials
  
• Senn S. Cross-over Trials in Clinical Research

Longitudinal Data Analysis:

• Davidian M. ST 732, Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis (FREE!)
• Diggle P., Heagerty P., Liang K.-Y. and Zeger S. Analysis of Longitudinal Data - Considered to be classics in the field. Data and errata page here.
• Dominici F. Longitudinal Data Analysis (FREE!) - Include taped lectures.
• Fitzmaurice G.M., Laird N.M. and Ware J.H. Applied Longitudinal Analysis - Recommended for a first course, particularly good for health and medical scientist. Data set here.
  Fitzmaurice G.M., Coull B. and Ware J. Applied Longitudinal Analysis (FREE!) - Lecture slides used at the Harvard School of Public Health for BIO226.
• Hedeker D. BSTT513 Longitudinal Data Analysis (FREE!)
• Hedeker D. and Gibbons R.D. Longitudinal Data Analysis
• Jewell N.P. and Hubbard A.H. Longitundinal Data Analysis (FREE!) - Include the book Analysis of Longitudinal Studies in Epidemiology.

Survival Analysis:

• Hosmer D.W. and Lemeshow S. Applied Survival Analysis: Regression Modeling of Time to Event Data
• Hougaard P. Analysis of Multivariate Survival Data
• Ibrahim J.G., Chen M.-H. and Sinha D. Bayesian Survival Analysis
• Klein J.P. and Moeschberger M.L. Survival Analysis - See Klein's page for data sets and errors.
• Kleinbaum D.G. and Klein M. Survival Analysis: A Self-Learning Text - Data files here.
• Laws N. Survival Analysis MT (FREE!)
• Selvin S. Survival Analysis for Epidemiologic and Medical Research
• Tsiatis A. and Zhang D. Analysis of Survival Data (FREE!)