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"There are always patients who live longer than average," biostatistician Donald Berry of the MDAnderson Cancer Center told me.

It’s Not About Rationing 2010

But there's another important breast-cancer statistic that people hear less often, says Donald Berry, a biostatistician at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center: Roughly one in 36 women will die of the disease.

Using Stats to Scare Up Support Carl Bialik 2011

"Upset bonuses are a cute idea, but they are no more 'fair' than not having them," Bradley Carlin, a biostatistician at the University of Minnesota, wrote in an email.

The Statistical Madness of Office Pools Carl Bialik 2011

"That blows my mind that they would accept those lots without a lot of additional testing," says Barbara Kowalcyk, a biostatistician at the Center for Foodborne Illness Research & Prevention.

Why a recall of tainted beef didn't include school lunches 2009

"Statistical significance doesn't tell you everything about the truth of the hypothesis you're exploring," says Steven Goodman , an epidemiologist and biostatistician at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Making a Stat Less Significant Carl Bialik 2011

Every clinical trial published in first and second tier medical journals contains statistics, and most of those journals employ at least one biostatistician to verify clinical trial statistics.

Doctors, Pharmaceuticals, and Statisticians, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

A senior applied-mathematics major, Wymbs, 22, worked as a biostatistician for a cancer-research program last summer and plans to apply to graduate school, his lawyer said.

Columbia Drug Ring Case Tests Drug Laws AP 2011

Roderick Little, a University of Michigan biostatistician, will become associate director for statistical methodology and standards at the Census Bureau beginning in September.

Robert Groves Names Roderick Little, U Of Mich. Statistician, To New Census Post 2010

"The painful truth is that we have little or no control over the most important events in our lives," said Peter Thall, a biostatistician at the University of Texas.

A Crazy Little Thing Called Luck 2010

"The painful truth is that we have little or no control over the most important events in our lives," said Peter Thall, a biostatistician at the University of Texas.

A Crazy Little Thing Called Luck 2010