Medical Uses of StatisticsJohn C. Bailar III, Frederick Mosteller CRC Press, 2019 M05 20 - 480 pages This work explains the purpose of statistical methods in medical studies and analyzes the statistical techniques used by clinical investigators, with special emphasis on studies published in "The New England Journal of Medicine". It clarifies fundamental concepts of statistical design and analysis, and facilitates the understanding of research results. |
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... calculations but few or none that attempt, as this one does, to get behind the calculations and tell what they are all about. This book does not concern itself with the mechanics of statistical computation. There are no instructions on ...
... calculations but few or none that attempt, as this one does, to get behind the calculations and tell what they are all about. This book does not concern itself with the mechanics of statistical computation. There are no instructions on ...
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... famous E = me2 allow one to calculate exactly the value of one variable that must accompany the stated value of another. But in medicine and everyday life such relationships are rare; instead we see 10 i Statistical Concepts.
... famous E = me2 allow one to calculate exactly the value of one variable that must accompany the stated value of another. But in medicine and everyday life such relationships are rare; instead we see 10 i Statistical Concepts.
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