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Reflections on statistics at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 30 years ago
Author(s) -
Armitage Peter
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
statistics in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.996
H-Index - 183
eISSN - 1097-0258
pISSN - 0277-6715
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0258(20001215)19:23<3165::aid-sim618>3.0.co;2-l
Subject(s) - medical statistics , context (archaeology) , tropical medicine , hygiene , statistics , medicine , geography , mathematics , archaeology , pathology
A course leading to the Master of Science (MSc) degree in Medical Statistics was started at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 1968. The events leading up to this initiative are outlined in the context of earlier developments in statistics at the School and the general growth of opportunities in statistical education. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.