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Changing times in pharmaceutical statistics: 1980–2000
Author(s) -
Day Simon
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
pharmaceutical statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.421
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1539-1612
pISSN - 1539-1604
DOI - 10.1002/pst.2
Subject(s) - statistics , medical statistics , pharmaceutical industry , summary statistics , value (mathematics) , actuarial science , medicine , economics , mathematics , pharmacology
Pharmaceutical statistics has changed significantly in the last twenty years. This paper reviews some of the changes in that time, from a past dominated by the P ‐value to the present day. Although the last twenty years have seen significant improvements, statistical shortcomings are not a rarity, and the impact of the public perception of statistics, medicine and the pharmaceutical industry on pharmaceutical statistics is assessed. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.