Statistics simplified: Designing studies that answer questions

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 238, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-58

  Shott, Susan ^a  

^a Statistical Communications   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 79551608229     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.238.1.55     Document Type: Article

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