文档介绍：Using and
Understanding
Medical
Statistics
David E. Matthews ؒ Vernon T. Farewell
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Using and
Understanding
Medical
Statistics
4th, completely revised and enlarged edition
42 figures and 113 tables, 2007
ؒ Basel ؒ Freiburg ؒ Paris ؒ London ؒ New York
Bangalore ؒ Bangkok ؒ Singapore ؒ Tokyo ؒ Sydney
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David Edward Matthews
BA, MA (Western Ontario), PhD (London);
Professor, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science,
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Vernon Todd Farewell
B. Math, M. Math (Waterloo), PhD (London); Senior Scientist
MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge, UK
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Matthews, David E., 1948-
Using and understanding medical statistics / David E. Matthews Vernon T.
Farewell. – 4th, completely rev. and enl. ed.
p. ; cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978–3–8055–8189–9 (hard cover : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 3–8055–8189–0 (hard cover : alk. paper)
1. Medical statistics. I. Farewell, Vernon T. II. Title.
[DNLM: 1. Biometry–methods. 2. Statistics. WA 950 M438u 2007]
2007
’5195–dc22 2006100514
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