Commentary: Some remarks on the seminal 1904 paper of Charles Spearman 'The proof and measurement of association between two things'

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1156-1159

  Spiegelman, Donna ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CAUSALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL; RESEARCH;

EID: 78149268665     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyq201     Document Type: Note

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