JDS

Journal of Data Science

1680-743X 1680-743X

SOSRUC

070408

10.6339/JDS.2009.07(4).558

Research Article

Getting the Most from Data — Maximizing Information and Power by Using Appropriate and Modern Statistical Methods

O’Brien

Timothy E.

Loyola University Chicago Berg

Martin B.

Loyola University Chicago

7 4 537 550

Abstract: Through a series of carefully chosen illustrations from biometry and biomedicine, this note underscores the importance of using appropriate analytical techniques to increase power in statistical modeling and testing. These examples also serve to highlight some of the important recent devel opments in applied statistics of use to practitioner