Chapter 9
Interpreting Reports
Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.
—Fletcher Knebel
All of who drink of this treatment recover in a short time, except those whom it does not help, who all die. It is obvious, therefore, that it only fails in incurable cases.
—Galen 129–199
THE PREVIOUS CHAPTER WAS AIMED AT PRACTITIONERS WHO must prepare reports. This chapter is aimed at those who must read them, including editors of journals and those who review articles for publication.
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