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The Use Of Restricted Significance Tests
David Salsburg
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Hardback. Series: Statistics for Biology and Health. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 167 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
The reader will soon find that this is more than a "how-to-do-it" book. It describes a philosophical approach to the use of statistics in the analysis of clinical trials. I have come gradually to the position described here, but I have not come that way alone. This approach is heavily influenced by my reading the papers of R.A. Fisher, F.S. Anscombe, F. Mosteller, and J. Neyman. But the most important influences have been those of my medical colleagues, who had important real-life medical questions that needed to be answered. Statistical methods depend on abstract mathematical theorems and often complicated algorithms ... Read more
The reader will soon find that this is more than a "how-to-do-it" book. It describes a philosophical approach to the use of statistics in the analysis of clinical trials. I have come gradually to the position described here, but I have not come that way alone. This approach is heavily influenced by my reading the papers of R.A. Fisher, F.S. Anscombe, F. Mosteller, and J. Neyman. But the most important influences have been those of my medical colleagues, who had important real-life medical questions that needed to be answered. Statistical methods depend on abstract mathematical theorems and often complicated algorithms ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Series
Statistics for Biology and Health
Number of Pages
174
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387977980
SKU
V9780387977980
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Reviews for The Use Of Restricted Significance Tests
"...A broad range of statistical methodologies is surveyed including restricted chi-square tests, normal theory tests, nonparametric tests, permutation and resampling methods and Bayesian estimation...For anyone who wants to think deeply about the basic issues involving the design and analysis of clinical trials, this book is a must read.."(Zentralblatt für Mathematik)