Mainland D (1938)

The treatment of clinical and laboratory data: an introduction to statistical ideas and methods for medical and dental workers. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd.

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Donald Mainland (1902-1985)

Donald Mainland – Source: D. Mainland [photograph]. Dalhousie University Photographic Collection (PC1, Box 60, Folder 65). Dalhousie University Archives, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Donald Mainland in 1980 [Photo: Frederick P Glick]

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  • Matthews RAJ (2025).
    The problematic history of randomised controlled trials Part 1: presumption and confusion on the road to randomisation.
  • Matthews RAJ (2025).
    The problematic history of randomised controlled trials Part 2: Hill’s “pragmatic” view of randomisation and its origins.
  • Matthews RAJ (2025).
    The problematic history of randomised controlled trials Part 3: Mainland, Hill and the future of RCTs.
  • Altman DG (2017).
    Donald Mainland: anatomist, educator, thinker, medical statistician, trialist, rheumatologist.
  • Altman DG, Simera I (2015).
    A history of the evolution of guidelines for reporting medical research: the long road to the EQUATOR Network.

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