Research: How random is the toss of a coin?

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 181, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Clark, Matthew P A ^a   Westerberg, Brian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COIN TOSS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDITY; HUMOR;

RANDOM ALLOCATION; WIT AND HUMOR AS TOPIC;

EID: 73249121021     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.091733     Document Type: Review

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