MedCalc: a new computer program for medical statistics

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 257-262

  Schoonjans, F ^a   Zalata, A ^a   Depuydt, C E ^a   Comhaire, F H ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bland and Altman plot; Medical statistics; ROC curves; Statistical software

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

MEDICAL STATISTICS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE MEDCALC;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; STATISTICS;

EID: 0029587104     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-2607(95)01703-8     Document Type: Article

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