Learning from samples of one or fewer

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 465-471

  March, J G ^a   Sproull, L S ^b   Tamuz, M ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; LEARNING; MEASUREMENT; ORGANIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RELIABILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HISTORY; HUMAN;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LEARNING; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION;

EID: 0346325850     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qhc.12.6.465     Document Type: Article

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