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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... Sample Size in the Design and Interpretation of the Randomized Controlled Trial: Survey of Two Sets of “Negative” Trials Jennie A. Freiman, Thomas C. Chalmers, Harry Smith, Jr., and Roy R. Kuebler Chapter 20 Writing about Numbers ...
... Sample Size in the Design and Interpretation of the Randomized Controlled Trial: Survey of Two Sets of “Negative” Trials Jennie A. Freiman, Thomas C. Chalmers, Harry Smith, Jr., and Roy R. Kuebler Chapter 20 Writing about Numbers ...
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... sample size. Although an investigation must start with a study design, analysis becomes the important feature after the data are in. Section III describes some special topics in data analysis. A new Chapter 9 (Decision Analysis) ...
... sample size. Although an investigation must start with a study design, analysis becomes the important feature after the data are in. Section III describes some special topics in data analysis. A new Chapter 9 (Decision Analysis) ...
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... sample resemble the infinite-data case corresponding to such a modification? This question raises the issue sometimes labeled external validity. Internal validity is primarily a statistical issue; external validity can be evaluated only ...
... sample resemble the infinite-data case corresponding to such a modification? This question raises the issue sometimes labeled external validity. Internal validity is primarily a statistical issue; external validity can be evaluated only ...
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... from an infinitely large study of the kind contemplated. A closely related question is what could be learned by exhausting experience of the kind that the study will sample. Occasionally, this exhaustion of 12 i Statistical Concepts.
... from an infinitely large study of the kind contemplated. A closely related question is what could be learned by exhausting experience of the kind that the study will sample. Occasionally, this exhaustion of 12 i Statistical Concepts.
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John C. Bailar III, Frederick Mosteller. kind that the study will sample. Occasionally, this exhaustion of the data would involve only a finite set of observations. Thus, a sample of the current opinions of pediatricians in the United ...
John C. Bailar III, Frederick Mosteller. kind that the study will sample. Occasionally, this exhaustion of the data would involve only a finite set of observations. Thus, a sample of the current opinions of pediatricians in the United ...
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