Acute Crit Care.  2022 Nov;37(4):685-686. 10.4266/acc.2022.00850.

Frequentist against Bayesian statistics: tug of war!

• Nair A

• KMID: 2540162
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4266/acc.2022.00850

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