TY - BOOK AU - Van Belle,Gerald AU - Kerr,Kathleen F. TI - Design and analysis of experiments in the health sciences SN - 9780470127278 (hardback) U1 - 610.727 PY - 2012/// CY - Hoboken, N.J. PB - Wiley KW - Medical informatics KW - Medical sciences KW - Experimental design KW - Mathematics, Probability & Statistics ,General N2 - "This volume provides technical professionals and students with three uniquely integrative enhancements to the study of predictive modeling not typically found in data-mining books: an applied approach, immediate practice using Microsoft Excel, and easy-to-use access to multiple online model-building tools. Since actual datasets are employed, users deal with real-life modeling issues and situations such as handling missing values, applying variable transformations, and addressing outliers, among others. An easy-to-learn Microsoft Excel add-in (Predictive MinerXL) and all applicable datasets are available for free on an associated Web site"-- ER -