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Statistics: Setting the Stage

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This chapter introduces fundamental statistical concepts in the design of clinical trials that must be considered early on in the planning phases of a project.

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  1. Aga Khan University Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan

    M. Abdullah Arain & Adil H. Haider

  2. Department of Surgery, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Zain G. Hashmi

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  1. Chair, Department of Surgery The Urban Meyer III and Shelley Meyer Chair for Cancer Research, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical, Columbus, OH, USA

    Timothy M. Pawlik

  2. Leon Goldman, MD Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Chair Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Julie A. Sosa

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Arain, M.A., Haider, A.H., Hashmi, Z.G. (2020). Statistics: Setting the Stage. In: Pawlik, T., Sosa, J. (eds) Clinical Trials. Success in Academic Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35488-6_9

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