Showing papers by "Daniel M. Fox published in 2004"
TL;DR: The bilateral agreements negotiated between Britain and the United States addressed the relationship between economic recovery and a new health policy that offered universal coverage for services that were fully funded from tax receipts.
Abstract: The United States made Marshall aid to European countries (1947–51) contingent upon bilateral agreements about major issues of economic and social policy. Because the implementation of the Marshall Plan in Britain coincided with the inception of the National Health Service (NHS), the bilateral agreements negotiated between Britain and the United States addressed the relationship between economic recovery and a new health policy that offered universal coverage for services that were fully funded from tax receipts.
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TL;DR: The authors discusses problems of small and large sample sizes, pointing out that statistical tests are designed to attach great weight to the size of the samples, so that very large samples make trivial differences statistically significant.
Abstract: are due to chance by techniques such as chi-square or t-test; this will be a relief to some readers, but a shortcoming to others. He discusses problems of small and large sample sizes, pointing out: “Statistical tests are designed to attach great weight to the size of the samples, so that very large samples make trivial differences statistically significant” (p. 366). Surprisingly, he seldom considers magnitude of risk in terms of odds ratios. Instead, he emphasizes correlations between mortality rates and putative risk factors, a much cruder measure. Moreover, society’s interest has shifted from the relation of risk factors to mortality to their relation to disease onset. The emphasis throughout the book is on mortality. Despite its weaknesses, this is a highly readable and informative book.
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