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Hill AB (1937). Principles of medical statistics. Articles I – XVII
I. The aim of the statistical method
III. Presentation of Statistics
IV. The variability of observations
V. Problems of sampling: Averages
VI. Further problems of sampling: Proportions
VII. Further problems of sampling: Differences
VIII. Further problems of Sampling: χ²
IV. Further examples and discussion of χ²
X. The coefficient of correlation
XI. Life tables and survival after treatment
XII. Common fallacies and difficulties
XIII. Further fallacies and difficulties: Proportional rates
XIV. Further fallacies and difficulties: The crude death- rate
XV. General summary and conclusions
Acknowledgements
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