Title :
The real value of statistics in health informatics. An introduction to Bayesian methods
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Health Sci., York Univ., UK
Abstract :
The article aims to introduce the Bayesian paradigm of statistical inference and to illustrate, in a very broad manner some of the ways in which these techniques can be applied in medical informatics. It is assumed that the reader has some basic familiarity with the “classical” method of statistical inference and throughout the article the Bayesian techniques are contrasted with their frequentist alternatives
Keywords :
Bayes methods; medical computing; statistical analysis; Bayesian methods; Bayesian paradigm; Bayesian techniques; frequentist alternatives; health informatics; medical informatics; statistical inference; statistics; Area measurement; Bayesian methods; Biomedical informatics; Bones; Density measurement; Osteoporosis; Statistics; Testing; Ultrasonic variables measurement; Volume measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Euromicro Conference, 2000. Proceedings of the 26th
Conference_Location :
Maastricht
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0780-8
DOI :
10.1109/EURMIC.2000.874513
