Donald Mainland
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Donald Mainland FRSE FRSC was a Scots-born medical statistician who became a Professor at the New York University. He is remembered for his series of Mainland's Notes. Life He was born in Edinburgh in 1902, the son of William Mainland, a confectioner running a shop at 140 St Stephen Street in the Stockbridge area.
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- Elementary Medical Statistics (1954) (318)
- A Seven‐Day variability study of 499 patients with peripheral rheumatoid arthritis (1965) (200)
- The risk of fallacious conclusions from autopsy data on the incidence of diseases with applications to heart disease. (1953) (143)
- Tables for use in fourfold contingency tests. (1952) (105)
- Tables for Use with Binomial Samples. (1957) (66)
- Effectiveness of hyposensitization therapy in ragweed hay-fever in children. (1966) (55)
- The Treatment of Clinical and Laboratory Data (1938) (53)
- Remarks on clinical "norms". (1971) (43)
- Tables for Use with Binomial Samples (1963) (37)
- Statistical methods in medical research; qualitative statistics, enumeration data. (1948) (36)
- Elementary Medical Statistics. The Principles of Quantitative Medicine. (1952) (36)
- Statistical ritual in clinical journals: is there a cure?--I. (1984) (35)
- NORMAL VALUES IN MEDICINE (1969) (32)
- An Uncommon Abnormality of the Flexor Digitorum Sublimis Muscle. (1927) (32)
- Forces Exerted on the Human Mandible by the Muscles of Occlusion (1934) (31)
- The estimation of inflammatory activity in rheumatoid arthritis. Role of composite indices. (1967) (27)
- Anatomy : as a basis for medical and dental practice (1945) (26)
- PROBLEMS OF CHANCE IN CLINICAL WORK (1936) (24)
- The clinical trial--some difficulties and suggestions. (1960) (22)
- A study of age differences in the x-ray density of the adult human calcaneus; variation and sources of bias. (1957) (20)
- Medical statistics-thinking vs arithmetic. (1982) (19)
- The use and misuse of statistics in medical publications. (1960) (19)
- Evaluation of the skeletal age method of estimating children's development. I. Systematic errors in the assessment of roentgenograms. (1953) (18)
- The Pluriovular Follicle, with reference to its occurrence in the Ferret. (16)
- Aspirin in rheumatoid arthritis, a seven-day, double-blind trial--preliminary report. (1965) (15)
- A mathematical model for the pharmacokinetics of LSD effect (1969) (15)
- Measurement of Bone Density * (1956) (14)
- The risk of biased selection in forward-going surveys with nonprofessional interviewers. (1956) (14)
- Statistical ward rounds—1 (1967) (13)
- Aminotripeptidase content of synovial fluid in arthritic diseases. (1955) (13)
- The Early Development of the Ferret: the Pronuclei. (1930) (13)
- A study of age differences in the x-ray density of fiver bones in the adult human wrist and hand. (1957) (12)
- AN EXPERIMENTAL STATISTICIAN LOOKS AT ANTHROPOMETRY (1955) (12)
- CHANCE AND THE BLOOD COUNT. (1934) (11)
- Therapeutic evaluation in rheumatoid arthritis (1960) (10)
- Sample sizes. (1954) (10)
- Statistical methods in medical research. II. Sample sizes required in experiments involving all-or-none responses. (1953) (10)
- Use of Case Records in the Study of Therapy and Other Features in Chronic Disease (1955) (10)
- A quantitative study of the polar body of the ferret, with a note on the second polar spindle (1931) (9)
- Statistical ritual in clinical journals: is there a cure?--II. (1984) (9)
- Assessment of drug efficacy in rheumatoid arthritis. (1970) (8)
- The Rise of Experimental Statistics and the Problems of a Medical Statistician * (1954) (8)
- STATISTICS IN CLINICAL RESEARCH: SOME GENERAL PRINCIPLES (1950) (8)
- Statistical ward rounds‐14 (1969) (8)
- The Investigation of Cell Size with Special Reference to the Human Lymphocyte. (1938) (7)
- "WE WISH TO HIRE A MEDICAL STATISTICIAN. HAVE YOU ANY ADVICE TO OFFER?". (1965) (7)
- The Early Development of the Ferret: The Zona Granulosa, Zona Pellucida and Associated Structures. (1932) (6)
- A comparison of percussion and radiography in locating the heart and superior mediastinal vessels (1938) (6)
- Statistical Methods in Medical Research: I, Qualitative Statistics (Enumeration Data). (1949) (6)
- Berkson's fallacy in case-control studies. (1980) (6)
- Statistical ward rounds—6 (1967) (6)
- Statistical ward rounds—15 (1969) (6)
- ON THE use of sampling in the field of public health. (1954) (6)
- The Bayesian approach (1967) (5)
- Notes on the planning and evaluation of research, with examples from cardiovascular investigations. III. (1958) (5)
- Medical statistics--suggestions for the evaluation of introductory textbooks. (1983) (5)
- Statistical ward rounds‐2 (1967) (5)
- Evaluation of the skeletal age method of estimating children's development. II. Variable errors in the assessment of roentgenograms. (1954) (5)
- The sizes of ferret pronuclei (1931) (5)
- The modern method of clinical trial. (1954) (5)
- Some undesirable effects of laboratory tradition. (1954) (5)
- Statistical ward rounds—3 (1967) (4)
- The Accuracy of Differential Blood Counts. (1935) (4)
- A study of the sizes of nuclei in ovarian stroma (1931) (4)
- The planning of investigations. (1954) (4)
- The position of organs determined from thoracic radiographs of young adult males, with a study of the cardiac apex beat (1941) (4)
- Colorieetric Tests of Nuclear Staining (1933) (4)
- Notes on the planning and evaluation of research, with examples from cardiovascular investigations. I. (1958) (4)
- The volumes of ferret ova, with special reference to the methods of determination (1931) (4)
- Mainland's Elementary Medical Statistics (1979) (4)
- X-RAY BONE DENSITY OF INFANTS IN A PRENATAL NUTRITION STUDY. WITH A DISCUSSION OF BONE DENSITOMETRY IN GENERAL. (1963) (3)
- Health services research (1967) (3)
- Notes on the planning and evaluation of research, with examples from cardiovascular investigations. II. (1958) (3)
- The Early Development of the Ferret: The Cytoplasm. (1931) (3)
- The Size Distribution of Lymphocytes in Human Blood Films (1936) (3)
- request for quack treatment (1969) (3)
- Statistical ward rounds--12. (1968) (3)
- Statistical ward rounds—13 (1969) (3)
- Evaluation of the skeletalage method of estimating children's development. III. Comparison of measurement and inspection in the assessment of roentgenograms. (1957) (3)
- Sequential trials‐why do not more people use them? (1967) (3)
- Part I. A rebuttal of Statistical ward rounds—4 (1968) (3)
- A look at some previous cases (1969) (3)
- SI units and acidity. (1977) (3)
- The Technique of Estimating Small Irregular Areas in Biological Research, with Notes on the Tests of Accuracy. (1929) (2)
- Anatomy in Medical Education (1944) (2)
- Statistical ward rounds—17 (1969) (2)
- Chance and the blood count. 1934. (1993) (2)
- Statistics in Medical Research (1955) (2)
- More about sequentials (1968) (2)
- Statistical ward rounds—9 (1968) (2)
- Clinical surveys. (1954) (2)
- Standards of significance. (1954) (2)
- Posterior Duplicity in a Dog, with Reference to Mammalian Teratology in General. (1929) (2)
- Is the difference statistically significant? An innocent request for quack treatment. (1969) (2)
- Some research terms for beginners: definitions, comments, and examples. I. (1969) (2)
- The connective‐tissue nuclear density of human ovaries (1931) (2)
- A study of the effectiveness of hyposensitization therapy in ragweed hay fever in children (1965) (2)
- Statistical ward rounds‐18 (1969) (2)
- EXPERIENCE with cortisone in the management of rheumatoid arthritis; report of a co-operative study conducted by a committee of the American Rheumatism Association. (1955) (2)
- Independent individual. (1954) (1)
- Nonmetrical tests of measurement. (1954) (1)
- Analysis of Clinical Statistics (1937) (1)
- Mainland's Notes from a Laboratory of Medical Statistics (1980) (1)
- Statistical ward rounds--14. "How many patients would we need? (1969) (1)
- Statistical ward rounds‐l0 (1968) (1)
- Statistical ward rounds--11. (1968) (1)
- Changes in MRCP (UK) examination (1980) (1)
- Mainland's Notes on Biometry in Medical Research (1980) (1)
- Some Statistical Thoughts on Neurobehavioral Testing (1985) (1)
- Mortality of bereavement (1968) (1)
- Personal View (1980) (1)
- A quantitative study of epithelial nuclei of the body of the uterus in carcinoma and in non-malignant hyperplasia (1)
- On materials used in marking paraffin blocks for reconstruction work (1929) (1)
- American Rheumatism Association. Experience with Cortisone in the Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis * (1955) (1)
- Some statistical problems in the planning and performance of clinical trials (1964) (0)
- Averages and individuals (1968) (0)
- Consultation with a statistician. (1954) (0)
- Statistical ward round. 16. (1969) (0)
- Analysis in relation to planning. (1954) (0)
- The application of quantitative methods to the study of early development and ovarian structure in mammals (1931) (0)
- Anatomical nomenclature (1946) (0)
- Personal View (1978) (0)
- Hyposensitization Therapy In Ragweed Hay Fever (1966) (0)
- THE OSSIFICATION AND MATURATION OF BONE. (1938) (0)
- Chance and random sampling. (1954) (0)
- Part II. Dr. Colton's rebuttal of ward round 4‐Comments and more thoughts about sequential trials (1968) (0)
- Gross Anatomy in the Medical Curriculum. (1935) (0)
- Not-quite-random assignments (1969) (0)
- Some research terms for beginners: definitions, comments, and examples--II. (1969) (0)
- Standard deviations and standard errors. (1954) (0)
- Pluriovular follicle, with special reference to its occurrence in the ferret (0)
- [HEREDITY in medicine]. (1936) (0)
- Anatomy in the changing medical world. (1947) (0)
- Letters to the Editor (1959) (0)
- Experimental Design and Its Statistical Basis . D. J. Finney. Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill., 1955. xi + 169 pp. $4.50. (1955) (0)
- Controlled Clinical Trials. (1961) (0)
- The Dalhousie University Anatomy Course. (1946) (0)
- Confidence limits. (1954) (0)
- SOME REMARKS ON LIGAMENTS. (1939) (0)
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