Abstract
G. DAHLBERG'S new book will be a disappointment to those who appreciated his excellent book on twins (1926). Its aim, to present statistical methods in a form calling for no special knowledge of mathematics, but at the same time to give some idea of the concepts on which these methods are based, is practically the same as D. Mainland's “The Treatment of Laboratory and Clinical Data”; but, whereas Mainland gives detailed explanations of the tests of significance most frequently used, even the t test finds no place in Dahlberg's book. It is puzzling that it should be published in 1940.
Statistical Methods
For Medical and Biological Students. By Prof. Gunnar Dahlberg. Pp. 232. (London: George Allen and Unwin, Ltd., 1940.) 10s. 6d. net.
Article PDF
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
F., R. [Short Reviews]. Nature 145, 1010 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/1451010c0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/1451010c0