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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Page xxiii
... Four have been replaced. We now have 23 rather than 20 chapters. The origins of each chapter are explained in detail on pages xx-xxi. These 23 chapters are divided into 5 broad sections. Each chapter stands alone and can be read as a ...
... Four have been replaced. We now have 23 rather than 20 chapters. The origins of each chapter are explained in detail on pages xx-xxi. These 23 chapters are divided into 5 broad sections. Each chapter stands alone and can be read as a ...
Page xxiv
... four volumes of the Journal we found only three different basic research designs for such studies; these approaches are described and evaluated, with numerous examples, in Chapters 4,5, and 6. More detailed comment on simple reporting ...
... four volumes of the Journal we found only three different basic research designs for such studies; these approaches are described and evaluated, with numerous examples, in Chapters 4,5, and 6. More detailed comment on simple reporting ...
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... four leading general medical journals. Of 11 simple, important aspects of statistical design and analysis in each of these papers, only about 56 percent were clearly reported. A second problem facing scientists is how to get the most ...
... four leading general medical journals. Of 11 simple, important aspects of statistical design and analysis in each of these papers, only about 56 percent were clearly reported. A second problem facing scientists is how to get the most ...
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... four key concepts: operational definition, the precise specification of terms and procedures; the infinite-data case, a way of considering what conclusions might be reached if the study were so large that statistical variation was ...
... four key concepts: operational definition, the precise specification of terms and procedures; the infinite-data case, a way of considering what conclusions might be reached if the study were so large that statistical variation was ...
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... four of these broad concepts. The first key concept is operational definition. To learn from experience, we must first be able to state what that experience is. Labels are insufficient for this purpose. “Stage II disease” can have ...
... four of these broad concepts. The first key concept is operational definition. To learn from experience, we must first be able to state what that experience is. Labels are insufficient for this purpose. “Stage II disease” can have ...
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