Statistics as Topic - Methods
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Caution is required when using health facility-based data to evaluate the health impact of malaria control efforts in Africa.

Sep 2009 The global health community is interested in the health impact of the billions of dollars invested to fight malaria in Africa. A recent publication used trends in malaria cases and deaths based on health facility records to evaluate the impact of ... Read more...

A review of software for sample size determination.

18 Aug 2009 The size of a sample is an important element in determining the statistical precision with which population values can be estimated. This article identifies and describes free and commercial programs for sample size determination. Programs are ... Read more...

Drawing statistical inferences from historical census data, 1850-1950.

30 Jul 2009 Virtually all quantitative microdata used by social scientists derive from samples that incorporate clustering, stratification, and weighting adjustments (Kish 1965, 1992). Such data can yield standard error estimates that differ dramatically from ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Statistics as Topic - Methods'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Dropouts and missing data in psychiatric clinical trials. 30 Oct 2009
• Caution is required when using health facility-based data to evaluate the health impact of malaria control efforts in Africa. Sep 2009
• A review of software for sample size determination. 18 Aug 2009
• Drawing statistical inferences from historical census data, 1850-1950. 30 Jul 2009
• Revisiting Das Gupta: refinement and extension of standardization and decomposition. 30 Jul 2009
• Empirical correlates and interpretation of the MMPI-2-RF Cognitive Complaints (COG) scale. 30 Jul 2009
• Nominal analysis of "variance". 30 Jul 2009
• [Time to change continuing medical education!] 30 Jul 2009
• Trypanosoma cruzi: Different methods of data analysis to evaluate the genetics-biology relationship. 3 Jul 2009
• Advances in anterior segment imaging and analysis. 29 Jun 2009
• KT3D_H2O: a program for kriging water level data using hydrologic drift terms. 29 Jun 2009
• Analysis methods for observational studies: effects of cardiac rehabilitation on mortality of coronary patients. 28 Jun 2009
• Estimating stochastic elasticities directly from longitudinal data. 20 Jun 2009
• Statistical approaches to the monitoring and surveillance of infectious diseases for veterinary public health. 15 Jun 2009
• Incorporating cost in power analysis for three-level cluster-randomized designs. 7 Jun 2009
• Correlates of degree of nerve involvement in early Bell's palsy. 5 Jun 2009
• Acute phase gene expression in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) after exposure to a confinement stressor: A comparison of pooled and individual data. 4 Jun 2009
• Analysis of DNA microarray expression data. 30 May 2009
• [Statistical selection of an appropriate enzyme-inhibition model] 30 May 2009
• [Survey of statistical analysis in Journal of Pharmacological Sciences: typical inappropriate uses and countermeasures against them] 30 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Statistics as Topic'

Definition: The science and art of collecting, summarizing, and analyzing data that are subject to random variation. The term is also applied to the data themselves and to the summarization of the data.

Descriptor UI: D013223

Alternative terms: Statistics as Topic; Multiple Classification Analysis; Analyses, Multiple Classification; Analysis, Multiple Classification; Classification Analyses, Multiple; Classification Analysis, Multiple; Multiple Classification Analyses; Statistical Study; Statistical Studies; Studies, Statistical; Study, Statistical; Statistics, Service; Service Statistics; Tables and Charts as Topic; Correlation of Data; Data Correlation; Data Correlations; Correlation Study; Studies, Correlation; Study, Correlation; Correlation Studies; Data Analysis; Analyses, Data; Analysis, Data; Data Analyses; Estimation Techniques; Estimation Technique; Technique, Estimation; Techniques, Estimation; Estimation Technics; Estimation Technic; Technic, Estimation; Technics, Estimation; Indirect Estimation Techniques; Estimation Technique, Indirect; Estimation Techniques, Indirect; Indirect Estimation Technique; Technique, Indirect Estimation; Techniques, Indirect Estimation; Indirect Estimation Technics; Estimation Technic, Indirect; Estimation Technics, Indirect; Indirect Estimation Technic; Technic, Indirect Estimation; Technics, Indirect Estimation; Area Analysis; Analyses, Area; Analysis, Area; Area Analyses;

Related Mesh Headings: Biometry; Psychometrics; Sociometric Techniques; Meta-Analysis as Topic; Models, Statistical; Bibliometrics;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; ethics;

Tree Number: E05.318.740; H01.548.832; N05.715.360.750; N06.850.520.830;

History Note: 2008(1963)

Technical Notes: prefer the qualifier /statist with non-disease terms; statistics on a disease = /epidemiol; do not confuse with MATHEMATICS; do not confuse with the Publication Type STATISTICS