Note for Biostats VHM 801 course: Textbook

As in previous years, for the fall semester of 2020 students of VHM 801 have multiple choices, as outlined below, to use a textbook that matches their background and interest.

Due to the course being delivered mostly online, there will be stronger focus on student self-study than usual. It is strongly recommended that students acquire/use an appropriate textbook for the course. With the limited class interaction some reliance on textbook material is probably unavoidable, and it will be difficult to guarantee that every question that may appear on quizzes and in assignments has been discussed extensively in class.

• a comprehensive text for the life sciences:
  Brigitte Baldi & David Moore: The Practice of Statistics in the Life Sciences, 3rd/4th ed., WH Freeman; link to page for 4th ed. at MacMillan/ WH Freeman website,
  
  
• a comprehensive general text:
  David Moore, George McCabe & Bruce Craig: Introduction to the Practice of Statistics, 7th ed. (or later), WH Freeman
  (the textbook of previous years, so it might be possible to borrow or purchase it cheaply); link to page for 9th ed. at Macmillan/WH Freeman website,
  
  
• the bare minimum:
  Scott Stephens: Introduction to Statistics: Think & Do, V4.1, available from The Worldwide Center of Mathematics,
  
  
• other textbooks... may be adequate as well, for example one of the free/open source textbooks available (e.g., Illowsky B, Dean S: Collaborative Statistics), depending on the needs of the student. Contact the instructor if you want to use another textbook.