title: Applications of statistics to medical science (1) Fundamental concepts.
abstract: The conceptual framework of statistical tests and statistical inferences are discussed, and the epidemiological background of statistics is briefly reviewed. This study is one of a series in which we survey the basics of statistics and practical methods used in medical statistics. Arguments related to actual statistical analysis procedures will be made in subsequent papers.
authors: Department of Mathematics, Nippon Medical School, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. watmath@nms.ac.jp
authors: Hiroshi
authors: H
authors: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D008511:Medicine; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design; D013223:Statistics as Topic / Q000379:methods; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical