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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... Department of Medicine, Carney Hospital Jerome P. Kassirer, M.D., Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine Roy R Kuebler, Ph.D„ Department of Biostatistics, School of Public. Contributing. authors Contributing Authors.
... Department of Medicine, Carney Hospital Jerome P. Kassirer, M.D., Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine Roy R Kuebler, Ph.D„ Department of Biostatistics, School of Public. Contributing. authors Contributing Authors.
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... Hospital Lincoln E. Moses, Ph.D., Department of Statistics, Stanford University Frederick Mosteller, Ph.D., Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, Harvard University Daniel Pagano, B.A., Clinical Trials ...
... Hospital Lincoln E. Moses, Ph.D., Department of Statistics, Stanford University Frederick Mosteller, Ph.D., Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, Harvard University Daniel Pagano, B.A., Clinical Trials ...
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... hospitals as well as teaching hospitals, or without excluding patients with diabetes), how closely might the data from 6 l Statistical Concepts.
... hospitals as well as teaching hospitals, or without excluding patients with diabetes), how closely might the data from 6 l Statistical Concepts.
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... hospital A are compared with results from operation II applied in hospital B. Inference is difficult and hazardous in such cases because many influential interfering variables may be systematically different in the populations ...
... hospital A are compared with results from operation II applied in hospital B. Inference is difficult and hazardous in such cases because many influential interfering variables may be systematically different in the populations ...
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