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How to read a paper: Statistics for the non-statistician. I: Different types of data need different statistical tests

BMJ 1997; 315 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.315.7104.364 (Published 09 August 1997) Cite this as: BMJ 1997;315:364

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