A method for normalizing drug responses to enhance reliability of parametric statistical tests

Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods

Volumn 41, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 75-82

  Trzeciakowski, J P ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency histogram; Gaussian distribution; Normalization; Probability density; Response curves; Statistics

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

AGONIST; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG RESPONSE; HISTOGRAM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032758193     PISSN: 10568719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1056-8719(99)00022-2     Document Type: Article

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