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Statistics review 2: Samples and populations

The previous review in this series introduced the notion of data description and outlined some of the more common summary measures used to describe a dataset. However, a dataset is typically only of interest for the information it provides regarding the population from which it was drawn. The presen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Whitley, Elise, Ball, Jonathan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC137296/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11983040
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc1473
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Sumario:The previous review in this series introduced the notion of data description and outlined some of the more common summary measures used to describe a dataset. However, a dataset is typically only of interest for the information it provides regarding the population from which it was drawn. The present review focuses on estimation of population values from a sample.