Applying the right statistics: Analyses of measurement studies

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-93

  Bland, J M ^a   Altman, D G ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agreement; Correlation; Error; Measurement; Regression

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ERROR; IMAGING; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; STATISTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0038675123     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.122     Document Type: Review

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