IF DATA ARE TORTURED SUFFICIENTLY WITH A COMPUTER, THEY WILL CONFESS TO SOMETHING

[摘要] The t table has . . . been superseded by the fatter chips and bigger bytes of modern computing; the pop-up menus of today's statistical packages tempt the unwary with an appetising range of p values hardly imaginable in 1965. Medical research could benefit from a prudent diet of simple data displays and careful thought about bias and confounding.

[学科分类] 儿科学