Current Paediatrics
Volume 12, Issue 7 , Pages 592-596, December 2002

What statistics does a paediatrician need to know?

  • M.J.R. Healy

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    • Correspondence to: MJRH. Tel.: +44-1582-460734;E-mail: mjrhealy@compuserve.com

23 Coleridge Court, Milton Road, Harpenden, AL5 5LD, UK

Abstract 

Statistical methods are fairly easy to apply using modern computer packages but the concepts underlying them are complex. This article aims to elucidate some of the more fundamental notions with a view to guiding users of statistics to appropriate methods and aiding readers of research articles to interpret statistical findings.

Keywords: population, significance, estimation, regression, non-parametric

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PII: S0957-5839(02)90349-0

doi:10.1054/cupe.2002.0349

Current Paediatrics
Volume 12, Issue 7 , Pages 592-596, December 2002

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