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Statistical analysis of surgical pathology data using the R program.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  22498578     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
An understanding of statistics is essential for analysis of many types of data including data sets typically reported in surgical pathology research papers. Fortunately, a relatively small number of statistical tests apply to data relevant to surgical pathologists. An understanding of when to apply these tests would greatly benefit surgical pathologists who read and/or write papers. In this review, we show how the publicly available statistical program R can be used to analyze recently published surgical pathology papers to replicate the p-values and survival curves presented in these papers. Areas covered include: T-test, chi-square and Fisher exact tests of proportionality, Kaplan-Meier survival curves, the log rank test, and Cox proportional hazards.
Authors:
Justin Cuff; John P T Higgins
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Advances in anatomic pathology     Volume:  19     ISSN:  1533-4031     ISO Abbreviation:  Adv Anat Pathol     Publication Date:  2012 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-04-13     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9435676     Medline TA:  Adv Anat Pathol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  131-9     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA.
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