Mainland D (1948)

Statistical methods in medical research. Canadian Journal of Research E, 26:1-166.

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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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  • Farewell V (2026).
    Mainland’s Elementary Medical Statistics (1952): a pivotal text in statistical pedagogy.
  • 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.

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