THE INTERPRETATION AND USE OF STATISTICS IN ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
| Autor: | R. Douglas Powers, Peter M. Martin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Interpretation (logic) Pregnancy Rate business.industry Treatment outcome Infant Newborn Obstetrics and Gynecology Reproductive technology Multiple Birth Offspring United States Outcome (probability) Reproductive Techniques Treatment Outcome Pregnancy Terminology as Topic Statistics Humans Medicine Female Statistical analysis Centers for Disease Control and Prevention U.S Birth Rate business |
| Zdroj: | Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America. 27:529-540 |
| ISSN: | 0889-8545 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0889-8545(05)70153-4 |
| Popis: | This article has discussed some of the uses and limitations of currently available statistics for ART programs. A well-known example from statistics states that flipping a coin will produce "heads" 50% of the time and "tails" 50% of the time, provided that the coin is flipped enough times. Experience also shows that the result of individual flips cannot be predicted. Similarly, in ART, statistics can only give general probabilities and not meaningful predictions of the outcome of any particular cycle. Patients should be aware of the limits of statistical analysis as it applies to their individual treatment. |
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