Medical Statistics
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We maintain that the intelligence of the physician and particularly of the physician engaged in clinical research is above the average of that of the community from which he comes; quite often, nevertheless, when he is presented with the simplest statistical problem, his brain appears to become completely paralysed and he is so self-conscious of the limitations of his knowledge that not only does he fail to understand his subject, but he won't even try to do so, and seems to be as unable to apply his native intelligence as would an aboriginal tribesman in similar circumstances.
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