Note for Biostats VHM 801 course: Textbook

As in previous years, for the winter semester of 2026 students of VHM 801 have multiple choices, as outlined below, to use a textbook that matches their background and interest:

• 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 10th 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.