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Statistics in medical research : developments in clinical trials /

This fascinating book chronicles the fundamental events that shaped the advancement of the study of statistics and development of clinical trials. It reviews statistics from the birth of probability theories around the gambling tables, through the introduction of statistics into medicine, and up to...

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Main Authors: Gehan, Edmund A. (Author), Lemak, Noreen A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, [1994]
Subjects:
Medical statistics > History.
Clinical trials > Statistical methods > History.
Medicine.
Biotechnology.
Biochemistry.
Statistics.
Bioengineering.
Medicine
Biotechnology
Biochemistry
medicines (material)
bioengineering.
biochemistry.
medicine (discipline)
statistics.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781461525189
1461525187
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 1 The Dawning of Statistics
  • 2 Statistics Becomes a Distinct Discipline
  • 3 Researchers and Statisticians Come Together
  • 4 The Awakening of Statistics in the United States
  • 5 Clinical Trials in the United States
  • 6 Designs and Analyses of Studies of Historical Importance
  • References
  • Name Index.

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