The Santayana syndrome I: Errors in getting and interpreting evidence

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-57

  Feinstein, Alvan R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031459428     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.1997.0027     Document Type: Review

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