title: [Bayesian statistic: an approach fitted to clinic].
abstract: Bayesian statistic has known a growing success though quite limited. This is surprising since Bayes' theorem on which this paradigm relies is frequently used by the clinicians. There is a direct link between the routine diagnostic test and the Bayesian statistic. This link is the Bayes' theorem which allows one to compute positive and negative predictive values of a test. The principle of this theorem is extended to simple statistical situations as an introduction to Bayesian statistic. The conceptual simplicity of Bayesian statistic should make for a greater acceptance in the biomedical world.
authors.affiliation: Hôpitaux universitaires de Strasbourg, 1, place de l'Hôpital, 67091 Strasbourg, France. nicolas.meyer@chru-strasbourg.fr
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vinzio
authors.forename: B
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authors.lastname: Goichot