Uncertainty Intervals Based on Deleting Data Are Not Useful
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Uncertainty intervals based on deleting data are not useful.
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Chemistry
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0009-9147,1530-8561
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2006.069591