Fisher, Ronald Aylmer (biostatistician), 196

Fisher Exact test, 11, 13, 169–172

Fisher F distribution, 152, 359–360

Fisher z transformation, 204–205

fleas, 7

floating point numbers, 107

Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 71

formulas

building blocks of, 17

creating, 11–12

definition of, 15

introduction to, 1–2, 7–8

types of, 16, 24

forward stepwise approach, 294–295

fourfold tables, 11, 173–178, 184, 187–188

fractional numbers, 107

free software, 58–60

freetext data,

103

frequency bar charts, 113

frequency distribution, 47–48

functions, 23

G

gammaray radiation,

251–256, 260–263, 267, 337–338

Gaussian distribution, 353

generalized linear model (GLM), 272–278

genetics, 1

geometric mean (GM), 118–119

GLM (generalized linear model), 272–278

glucose values, 25–26, 153

gold standard test, 183–184

good fit line, 215–216

goodness of fit, 227–228, 258–259