Natural SciencesBiostatisticsOncologyCancer EpidemiologyEpidemiologic MethodsStatisticsComputational StatisticsDescriptive StatisticsInferential StatisticsStatistical AnalysisStatistical GraphicsStatistical InferenceAge-adjusted Cancer RatesCancer Prognostic ModelingCancer Registry Data AnalysisCancer Registry StatisticsCritical Evaluation Of EvidenceMedical Data ModelingTumor Incidence Analysis
This chapter has presented and elaborated upon some of the more fundamental statistical methods that can be applied to medical data and that appear most frequently in the present literature. Familiarity with these concepts is necessary for understanding information so analyzed and is the foundation for critical evaluation of a variety of medical data.