Marcello Pagano and Kimberlee Gauvreau's PRINCIPLES OF BIOSTATISTICS, Second Edition is a concepts-based introduction to statistical procedures that prepares public health, medical, and life sciences students to conduct and evaluate research. With an engaging writing style and helpful graphics, the emphasis is on concepts over formulas or rote memorization. Throughout the book, the authors use practical, interesting examples with real data to bring the material to life.
Even though the mere mention of the title is a little scary and intimidating, this was actually not too bad of a text book. Although I would never have read this book for the pleasure of reading, it was a very well explained and would have been easy to understand even without the added benefit of weekly lectures.
My biostats 2 teacher had very poor English skills, and this book saved my life (and my GPA). Waaaaaaaay easier to grasp the concepts in this book versus any other statistics text I've had (particularly the infamous Rosner). If I were to rate it on it's clarity, I'd give it 5 stars.