Bootstraps and Jackknives: New, Computer-Intensive Statistical Tools that Require No Mathematical Theories

Journal of Investigative Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 22-26

  Fiellin, David A ^a   Feinstein, Alvan R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; COMPUTER; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BIOMETRY; COMPUTERS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS;

EID: 0031989029     PISSN: 17088267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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