Can biomedical researchers benefit from political science methodologists?
The purpose of this monograph is to introduce the work of a group of political science methodologists, who created a series of models for estimation and prediction. It refers to the work of Gary King and his collaborators at Harvard University's Department of Government. They developed a set of computer-intensive simulation techniques, along with the corresponding public domain software. Their paper, "Making the most of statistical analyses: improving interpretation and presentation." and the corresponding software, Clarify (Tomz et al., 1999) are the basic sources. The use of statistical simulation has become a standard practice with the advent of fast and low cost modern computing. The reader can appreciate the usefulness in biomedical research of Clarify. It can be of much help on the statistical analysis of many biomedical problems.
Guzmán
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Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR 00936-5067. jguzman@rcm.upr.edu
D011057:Politics; D012107:Research Design