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This book explains important ideas behind medical uses of statistics without burdening the reader with the technical details of mathematical manipulations. It is based on conversations with John Bailar and Frederick Mosteller of the Department of Biostatistics of the Harvard School of Public Health.
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Surveys statistical applications in clinical research and illustrates good and poor uses of methods. Emphasis is on concepts underlying statistics rather than technical aspects. Chapters are arranged in sections on broad concepts and analytic techniques, design of investigations, specific sets of techniques, communicating results, and medical technology assessment and meta-analysis. This second edition takes into account changes in the field between 1986 and 1992. Bailar is affiliated with McGill University and the US Department of Health and Human Services. Mosteller is associated with the Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard University. Distributed by Dekker. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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