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Statistics for medical students in the 1990's: How should we approach the future?
Author(s) -
Evans Stephen J. W.
Publication year - 1990
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/sim.4780090913
Subject(s) - presentation (obstetrics) , medical statistics , computer science , medical education , statistics , psychology , data science , medicine , mathematics , radiology
Medical statistics teaching in the U.K. has moved over the past twenty years from needing justification to acceptability. In the future teachers need to involve statistical and medical colleagues to improve the content and presentation of their material. While some techniques must continue to be taught, the conceptual aspects of scientific evaluation and assessment will need to increase.