Lessons in biostatistics

Today’s medical journals are full of factual errors and false conclusions arising from lack of statistical common sense. Reflecting on personal experiences, I argue that statisticians can substantially improve medical science by informed application of standard statistical principles. Two specific a...

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Published inPast, Present, and Future of Statistical Science pp. 359 - 372
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Chapman and Hall/CRC 2014
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Children’s Cancer Study Group
Children’s Cancer Group
Immortal Time Bias
Renal Replacement Therapy
Embryonal Tumor
JHH
Dyna CELL
NWTS
Census
Follow
EBMUD
Make Up
Immortal Time
Complete Remission Status
IARC Monograph
End Stage Renal Disease
Kaplan Meier Estimates
Wilms Tumor
Peripheral White Blood Cell Count
Nuclear Morphometry
Progression Free Survival
Violated
Statistical Common Sense
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DOI10.1201/b16720-37

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Summary:Today’s medical journals are full of factual errors and false conclusions arising from lack of statistical common sense. Reflecting on personal experiences, I argue that statisticians can substantially improve medical science by informed application of standard statistical principles. Two specific areas are identified where lack of such input regularly produces faulty research. Statisticians are needed more than ever to bring rigor to clinical research.
DOI:10.1201/b16720-37