Statistics review 2: samples and populations.

@article{citeulike:1556042, abstract = {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.}, address = {Lecturer in Medical Statistics, University of Bristol, UK. editorial@ccforum.com}, author = {Whitley, E. and Ball, J. }, citeulike-article-id = {1556042}, doi = {10.1186/cc1473}, issn = {1364-8535}, journal = {Crit Care}, keywords = {statistics}, month = {April}, number = {2}, pages = {143--148}, posted-at = {2008-05-09 03:30:34}, priority = {2}, title = {Statistics review 2: samples and populations.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc1473}, volume = {6}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1556042 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1556042 TI - Statistics review 2: samples and populations. JF - Crit Care VL - 6 IS - 2 SP - 143 EP - 148 AD - Lecturer in Medical Statistics, University of Bristol, UK. editorial@ccforum.com SN - 1364-8535 N2 - 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. KW - statistics AU - Whitley, E AU - Ball, J PY - 2002/04// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc1473 ER -