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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Boston, MA :
Springer US,
1994.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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 the latest clinical trials. Interweaving a comprehensive history of clinical research over the centuries, the authors include lively bibliographies of the people responsible for the innovative concepts that constitute the foundation of modern statistics. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 214 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781461525189 (electronic bk.) 1461525187 (electronic bk.) |