Statistical inference for continuous variables

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1047-1056

  Joseph, Lawrence ^a,b   Reinhold, Caroline ^a,c  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SYNARC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; INFERENTIAL STATISTICS; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; RADIOLOGY;

BAYES THEOREM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; RADIOLOGY; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 18244387741     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.184.4.01841047     Document Type: Review

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