Re: Statistics

[Tuan V Nguyen <t.nguyen@garvan.unsw.edu.au>]

Hello Tha('ng va` ca'c ba'c,

>Ca'm o+n ba'c dda~ no'i ra^'t clear ddie^`u to^i muo^'n no'i. Theo
>to^i bie^'t computer dda~ la`m thay ddo^?i ha?n ca'ch ho.c va` da^.y
>Stat.Tre^n The^' gio+'i sa'ch da.y TK lie^n tu.c ddu+o+c vie^'t la.i.

	DDie^`u na`y thi` kho^ng co`n nghi ngo+` gi` ca?. Nga`y 
xu+a, o^ng Mosteller mu+o+'n ca? 20 research assistants la`m 
mo^.t con toa'n regression va` 20 ngu+o+`i kha'c chi? check 
calculation, co`n ba^y gio+` ba`i toa'n nhu+ the^' chi? ca^`n 
1 phu't!

	Nhu+ng computer cu~ng mang la.i ca'i tai ho.a mo+'i 
trong tho^'ng ke^ . No' la`m cho ngu+o+`i du`ng tho^'ng ke^ 
tro+? ne^n mu` qua'ng. Tu+'c la` ngu+o+`i ta chi? du`ng ca'c 
outputs cu?a ca'c programs ma` kho^ng bie^'t no' ddu+o+.c 
ti'nh toa'n nhu+ the^' na`o, kho^ng co' ca'i feeling. DDa^y 
la` mo^.t nguy co+ ve^` intellectual dishonesty.


>Ngoa`i ra ba'c co' the^? vie^'t ba`i cho mo^.t so^' ba'o VN dde^?
>na^ng cao da^n tri' TK cho da^n mi`nh,dde^? xa~ ho^.i nha^.n thu+'c
>ddu+o+c vai tro` cu?a Tk trong mo.i hoa.t ddo^.ng cu?a con ngu+o+i`.
>Vie^'t cho hay, ha^'p da^~n vo+'i layman la` kho' nhu+ng to^i nghi~
>la` ba'c vie^'t ddu+o+.c.

	DDa^y cu~ng la` ddie^`u mi`nh ddang suy nghi~, nhu+ng 
thua^.t ngu+~ tie^'ng VN mi`nh co`n kha' nghe`o na`n, ne^n 
chu+a da'm ba('t tay va`o la`m, nhu+ng nhu+ 


anh Huy vie^'t:

>Ho^`i ve^` Vie^.t Nam to^i co' mua mo^.t quye^?n sa'ch tu+.a "Tho^'ng ke^
>y ho.c". To^i -da~ chi? coi thoa'ng qua -de^? ho.c tie^'ng Vie^.t, nhu+ng 
>tha^'y
>cu~ng -da^`y -du? nhu+~ng kha'i nie^.n ca<n ba?n. Be^n Anh, eg Oxford va`
>London School of Hygeine, coi bo^. thi'ch quye^?n Practical Statistics
>for Medical Research cua? Douglas Altman. To^i co' ta<.ng vie^.n
>Pasteur quye^?n na`y. Kho^ng bie^'t ma^'y ba'c co' muo^'n vie^'t hay di.ch
>mo^.t quye^?n sa'ch TK a'p du.ng kho^ng?
>
>Huy

	Quye^?n na`y cu~ng hay va` coi nhu+ la` cover nhie^`u 
basic topics. Tay Altman na`y cu~ng la` tay "gia` mo^`m" 
trong medical statistics. Co`n va`i quye^?n kha'c nhu+ la` An 
Introduction to Medical Statistics cu?a (cu~ng mo^.t tay A(ng 
Le^) Martin Bland (tay na`y la` ba.n cu?a Altman), Medical 
Use of Statistics cu?a mo^.t nho'm Me~o ddu+'ng dda^`u la` 
o^ng Mosteller thi`` pha?i vie^'t ra^'t thu+.c te^' va` 
thi'ch ho+.p vo+'i ba'c si~ ho+n. Tuy nhie^n, to^i va^~n 
thi'ch cuo^'n cu?a o^ng Peter Armitage va` Geoff Berry (o^ng 
na`y da.y to^i nga`y xu+a o+? be^n Sydney) Statistical 
Methods for Medical Research (kho^ng nho+' ro~ title); cuo^'n 
na`y co' kha' dda^`y ddu? ve^` ly' thuye^'t, chu+' kho^ng 
pha?i cookbook nhu+ nhie^`u cuo^'n kha'c. Ngoa`i ra cho to^i 
khoe mo^.t chu't: to^i cu~ng ddang soa.n mo^.t cuo^'n 
problem-solution ve^` biostatistics. Ba'c na`o thi'ch di.ch 
thi` mi`nh la`m cu`ng mo^.t lu'c cho tie^.n. 

	Sa'ch ky~ thua^.t o+? VN vie^'t co`n ca^?u tha? la('m, 
in a^'n sai tu`m lum. Mi`nh la` ngu+o+`i ddi sau pha?i du+'t 
khoa't tra'nh ti`nh tra.ng na`y.


	Tua^'n.