Collective statistical illiteracy

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 468-469

  Gigerenzer, Gerd ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GERMANY; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950985307     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.515     Document Type: Note

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