Are our data symmetric?

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 505-513

  Mandrekar, Sumithra J ^a   Mandrekar, Jayawant N ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CHOLESTEROL; PENICILLAMINE; PLACEBO; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACCURACY; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BIOMETRY; CHELATING AGENTS; CHOLESTEROL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MINNESOTA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PENICILLAMINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0344513166     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0962280203sm346oa     Document Type: Short Survey

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