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Stats.con How We've Been Fooled by Statistics-based Research in Medicine

Paperback • 2010 • English

Stats.con How We've Been Fooled by Statistics-based Research in Medicine

By James Penston

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About Stats.con - How we've been fooled by statistics-based research in medicine: Statistics-based research is the method by which the causes of disease and the effectiveness of new treatments are investigated. Epidemiological studies and large-scale randomised controlled trials dominate medical research. Judged by the number of papers published each year, this type of research would appear to be a success. Yet it's a triumph of appearance over substance. We've been cajoled into believing that g...Show more

Social research and statistics
Medical research
Epidemiology and Medical statistics

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9781907313332

Publisher

London Press

Published year

2010

Language

English

Original title

Stats.con How We've Been Fooled by Statistics-based Research in Medicine

Format

Paperback

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