V rukovodstve izlozheny osnovy elementarnoy statisticheskoy obrabotki rezul'tatov meditsinskikh nablyudeniy i eksperimental'nykh issledovaniy. Predstavlenie osnovopolagayushchikh ponyatiy biometrii izlozheno maksimal'no prosto, bez uglubleniya v teoriyu metodov, i soprovozhdaetsya primerami, reshenie kotorykh pozvolyaet maksimal'no bystro ispol'zovat' knigu dlya prakticheskoy raboty. Priveden spisok naibolee izvestnykh izdaniy po biometrii, opublikovannykh na russkom yazyke, v kotorykh chitatel' mozhet nayti otvety na interesuyushchie ego voprosy teorii, a takzhe opisanie metodov statisticheskoy obrabotki dannykh, ne voshedshikh v nastoyashchee rukovodstvo. Kniga mozhet byt' poleznoy dlya vrachey, zanimayushchikhsya nauchno-issledovatel'skoy rabotoy, a takzhe dlya studentov i prepodavateley meditsinskikh VUZov, meditsinskikh i biologicheskikh fakul'tetov universitetov, a takzhe dlya vsekh spetsialistov, zanimayushchikhsya nauchno-issledovatel'skoy rabotoy v drugikh oblastyakh nauki, pered kotorymi stoit zadacha statisticheskoy obrabotki dannykh.