"Scheltema, Karen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I remember seeing a thread about this not too long ago, but > I didn't save the e-mails. Does anyone have any recommendations > for books aimed at physicians to help them critically read the > methods and results section of the published literature? My favorite is Bailar, J. C. and Mosteller, F. eds. (1992). Medical Uses of Statistics, 2nd ed. NEJM Books: Boston. ISBN 0 9101 33360 They give a "balanced treatment of significance testing" according to Eric Lehmann in a 1997 article. The book is unfortunately out of print now but many university libraries will have it. Don Macnaughton ------------------------------------------------------- Donald B. Macnaughton MatStat Research Consulting Inc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Toronto, Canada ------------------------------------------------------- . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
