Index 369

Index

Symbols

α (alpha)

Bonferroni, 153–154

definition of, 41

level, 206

relation to sample sizes, 365–366

setting, 43

* (asterisk), 155

β (beta), 41

λ (half-life), 280–282

κ (kappa), 189–190

μg (micrograms), 280–282

Π (pi), 27–28

√(radical sign), 21

Σ (sigma), 27–28

γ (skewness coefficient), 121

A

absolute values, 23

accuracy, 37, 38, 262–264

active group, 187

actuarial life tables, 307, 311–316, 320–321

addition, 18–19

additive, 296

administrative measurements, 63

adverse events, 70

agriculture, 1

Akaike’s Information Criterion (AIC), 259, 276–

277, 342

alcohol intake, 94–98

alpha (α)

Bonferroni, 153–154

definition of, 41

level, 206

relation to sample sizes, 365–366

setting, 43

alternative hypothesis, 40, 43, 144, 150–151, 324

Alzheimer’s disease, 91, 146

amputation, 292–293

analysis of variance (ANOVA)

assessing, 152–157

introduction to, 11, 47–49

using, 143–145, 158

analytic dataset, 76

analytic research, 88–90

analytic study designs, 91

analytic suite, 57–58

analyzing data, 7, 9–10, 74–76

and rule, 31

animal research, 1

ANOVA (analysis of variance)

assessing, 152–157

introduction to, 11, 47–49

using, 143–145, 158

anticipated enrollment rate, 347

antilogarithm, 22, 118–119

anti-synergy, 245–247

area under the ROC curve (AUC), 265, 280

arguments, 23

arithmetic mean, 115–116

arrays, 25–27

asbestos, 296–298

asymptomatic confidence limits, 134

attrition, 366–367

average values, 11, 39–40, 141–158

B

background information, 69

backward elimination approach, 295

bad fit line, 215–216

balanced groups, 154

bar charts, 113, 126