Parametric versus nonparametric statistical tests: The length of stay example

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1113-1121

  Qualls, Munirih ^a   Pallin, Daniel J ^a,b,c   Schuur, Jeremiah D ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

length of stay; methodology; nonparametric; parametric; quality; statistics

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; INFERENTIAL STATISTICS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649482402     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00874.x     Document Type: Article

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