Basic statistics for clinicians: 1. Hypothesis testing.

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Published in CMAJ on January 01, 1995

Authors

G Guyatt1, R Jaeschke, N Heddle, D Cook, H Shannon, S Walter

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.

Associated clinical trials:

High Resolution Optical Coherence Tomography | NCT05130385

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