The Analysis of Biological Data
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ISBN: 9781936221486
Author: Michael C. Whitlock, Dolph Schluter
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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Chapter 3, Problem 18AP
a)
To determine
To explain what features most of the frequency distributions of actual survival times have in common, based on the box plots for each group.
b)
To determine
To explain the differences in shape of actual survival time distributions between those for one to five month predicted survival times and those for six to 24 months
c)
To determine
To explain the trend in median actual survival time with increasing predicted number.
d)
To determine
To explain the predicted survival times of terminally ill cancer patients, tend to overestimate the medians of actual survival times. Are the means of actual survival times likely to be closer to, further from or no different from the predicted times than the medians
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