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
... specific statistical methods in textbooks or journals, they may have nowhere to turn for overviews of the field. This book surveys the state of the art of statistical applications in clinical research and illustrates good and poor uses ...
... specific statistical methods in textbooks or journals, they may have nowhere to turn for overviews of the field. This book surveys the state of the art of statistical applications in clinical research and illustrates good and poor uses ...
Page xxv
... specific sets of techniques. Two of these deal with major problems in statistics — simple linear regression (Chapter 11) and comparisons of several group means (Chapter 12). They make clear that investigators must have in mind specific ...
... specific sets of techniques. Two of these deal with major problems in statistics — simple linear regression (Chapter 11) and comparisons of several group means (Chapter 12). They make clear that investigators must have in mind specific ...
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... specific issues that frequently arise in preparing a clinical paper containing numerical data. Details of what to publish may vary a lot from one kind of study to another. Chapter 17 (Reporting on Methods) presents an empirical study of ...
... specific issues that frequently arise in preparing a clinical paper containing numerical data. Details of what to publish may vary a lot from one kind of study to another. Chapter 17 (Reporting on Methods) presents an empirical study of ...
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... specific. DESCRIPTION OF TERMS Reports of laboratory investigations typically include specific accounts of equipment, procedures, and materials. An operational account of a clinical investigation is equally necessary, but often more ...
... specific. DESCRIPTION OF TERMS Reports of laboratory investigations typically include specific accounts of equipment, procedures, and materials. An operational account of a clinical investigation is equally necessary, but often more ...
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... specific inferences about the whole population at the time of the survey; these conclusions are logical consequences of the laws of probability, and we say that they have high internal validity. If we apply these conclusions next year ...
... specific inferences about the whole population at the time of the survey; these conclusions are logical consequences of the laws of probability, and we say that they have high internal validity. If we apply these conclusions next year ...
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