Choice and consequence: The measurement level determines the statistical toolbox;Val och konsekvens: Mätnivån avgör den statistiska verktygslådan

Lakartidningen

Volumn 102, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1331-1337

  Svensson, Elisabeth ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; HEALTH SCIENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; STATISTICS; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 19144364465     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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