mechanical function, 279

median, 116–117, 123, 222

metaanalyses,

97–98

metadata, 110

mice, 1, 318

micrograms (μg), 280–282

Microsoft Excel

for data collection, 103, 105, 107–110

functions of, 57

for logrank tests,

319–320

for randomization, 67

for straightline regression,

217

for survival regressions, 343

millimeters of mercury (mmHg), 218–226, 229, 239

minimum value, 222

missing data, 74–75

Mitra, Amal K. (author)

Epidemiology for Dummies, 92

mmHg (millimeters of mercury), 218–226, 229, 239

mode, 117

model building, 246

model fit statistics, 242

models

generalized linear (GLM), 272–278

linear, 272–273

null, 228, 242, 259

parsimonious, 293

predictive, 228–229

regression, 68, 208–209

molecular biology, 7

multicollinearity, 246–247

multidimensional arrays,

26–27

multilevel variable, 236