TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Foundations of Statistical Inference A1 - Portney, Leslie G. Y1 - 2020 N1 - T2 - Foundations of Clinical Research: Applications to Evidence-Based Practice, 4e AB - In the previous chapter, statistics were presented that can be used to summarize and describe data. Descriptive procedures are not sufficient, however, for testing theories about the effects of experimental treatments, for exploring relationships among variables, or for generalizing the behavior of samples to a population. For these purposes, researchers use a process of statistical inference. SN - PB - F. A. Davis Company CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - fadavispt.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1186213781 ER -