Who was student and why do we care so much about his t-test?

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 58-65

  Livingston, Edward H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STUDENT T TEST;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENGLAND; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICS;

EID: 1842839915     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2004.02.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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