A review of the statistical analysis used in papers published in clinical radiology and british journal of radiology

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-50

  Goldin, J ^a   Zhu, W ^a   Sayre, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CONTINGENCY TABLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RADIOLOGY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030027739     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9260(96)80219-4     Document Type: Review

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