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Which test do I use?!
Message posted by Lee on September 6, 2000 at 12:00 AM (ET)

Which test do I use to show to show that there was no difference (in one particular year) in the total number of patients per each year in a 5 year study? How do I show to what degree of certainty the study was? Please e-mail me at eyedoc999@yahoo.com

Thanks!!


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Re: Which test do I use?!
Message posted by JG on September 6, 2000 at 12:00 AM (ET)

You probably need some kind of chi-squared test but you need to be more precise about what you mean by "no difference" .



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