Parametric methods outperformed non-parametric methods in comparisons of discrete numerical variables

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Fagerland, Morten W ^a   Sandvik, Leiv ^a   Mowinckel, Petter ^b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79953880852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-11-44     Document Type: Article

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