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Python for the Life Sciences: A Gentle Introduction to Python for Life Scientists
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Python for the Life Sciences: A Gentle Introduction to Python for Life Scientists

by Alexander Lancaster, Gordon Webster
September 2019
Beginner
396 pages
9h 51m
English
Apress
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© Alexander Lancaster and Gordon Webster 2019
A. Lancaster, G. WebsterPython for the Life Scienceshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4523-1_4

4. A Statistical Interlude

Of Bayes’ Theorem and Biomarkers
Alexander Lancaster1  and Gordon Webster1
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Amber Biology, Cambridge, MA, USA
 

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