The role of education in biostatistical consulting

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 709-720

  Deutsch, Reena ^a   Hurwitz, Shelley ^b   Janosky, Janine ^c   Oster, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Biostatistical education; Consulting; Statistical consultant; Teaching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSULTATION; DATA ANALYSIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; RESIDENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEACHING; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

BIOMETRY; CONSULTANTS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; STATISTICS;

EID: 33846782915     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2571     Document Type: Article

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