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Money, Method and Medical Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2012

James Robert Brown
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It's sometimes useful to start with a quiz, even if it seems irrelevant to the issues at hand. Suppose you have to organize a tennis tournament with, say, 1025 players. Match winners will go on to the next round while losers bow out until all have been eliminated except, of course, the final champion. Your problem is this: How many matches must you book for this tournament?

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Research Article
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Episteme , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , June 2004 , pp. 49 - 59
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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