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As implemented in the cluster package in R and S-Plus, the PAM function takes as its arguments a dissimilarity matrix (for example the Euclidean distance matrix as used here) and a prespecified number of clusters K. The PAM procedure is based on the search for K representative objects, or medoids, among the observations to be clustered.
This was done by expressing the network in terms of coupled differential equations, picking parameters at random from within prespecified ranges, solving the equation set numerically, then picking another random set of parameters and obtaining a new numerical solution, and so forth, until 240,000 cases were tried.
This is a central, genotype-blinded committee of study-appointed neurologists (Appendix), which adjudicates the diagnosis and subtype of ischemic stroke for concordant siblings, using standardized, prespecified criteria.
Nominal P values should be regarded as descriptive because no formal null hypothesis was prespecified and no type I error probability can be indicated.
At the very least authors should have a protocol with a prespecified plan for patient selection and statistical analysis—accepted practice for clinical trials, but not yet for other medical research.