Miller R W
Environ Health Perspect. 1979 Oct;32:17-8. doi: 10.1289/ehp.793217.
Medical observations of leukemia or Hodgkin's disease clusters in time and space have led statisticians to invent techniques to evaluate the probability that these occurrences were due to chance. A difficult computation in human genetics was simplified by a matrix devised by a non-genetical statistician, and readily adapted to newly emerging computer-processing. The experiences exemplify the special opportunity in Japan to enhance research by merging mathematical talent with biomedical observations.
对白血病或霍奇金病在时间和空间上聚集情况的医学观察,促使统计学家发明了一些技术,用以评估这些情况是由偶然因素导致的概率。一位非遗传学统计学家设计的矩阵简化了人类遗传学中的一项复杂计算,并且该矩阵很容易适应新出现的计算机处理技术。这些经历例证了日本通过将数学人才与生物医学观察相结合来加强研究的特殊机遇。