Statistics: A data science for the 21st century

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 793-813

  Diggle, Peter J ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data science; Electronic health research; Health surveillance; Informatics; National Health Service prescribing patterns; Reproducible research; Statistical education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942342280     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: 1467985X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rssa.12132     Document Type: Article

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