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How To Make Sense Of Medical Statistics Relative risk, absolute risk, number needed to treat: medical research papers are loaded with confusing statistics. Steven Woloshin and Lisa M. Schwartz, authors of the book Know Your Chances: Understanding Health Statistics, talk about what those numbers mean.

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Relative risk, absolute risk, number needed to treat: medical research papers are loaded with confusing statistics. Steven Woloshin and Lisa M. Schwartz, authors of the book Know Your Chances: Understanding Health Statistics, talk about what those numbers mean.

Know Your Chances
Know Your Chances

Understanding Health Statistics

by Steven, M.D. Woloshin, Lisa M., M.D. Schwartz and H. Gilbert, M.D. Welch

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