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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... included Chapter 23 by Sacks et al. (Meta-Analyses of Randomized Control Trials), completely revised and based on new data. This article emphasizes some of the methods being used and gives the reader some notions of the quality-scoring ...
... included Chapter 23 by Sacks et al. (Meta-Analyses of Randomized Control Trials), completely revised and based on new data. This article emphasizes some of the methods being used and gives the reader some notions of the quality-scoring ...
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