Clinical statistics: five key statistical concepts for clinicians

Clinical statistics: five key statistical concepts for clinicians

Statistics is the science of data. As the foundation of scientific knowledge, data refers to evidentiary facts from the nature of reality by human action, observation, or experiment. Clinicians should be aware of the conditions of good data to support the validity of clinical modalities in reading scientific articles, one of the resources to revise or update their clinical knowledge and skills....

Statistics for clinicians: 4: Basic concepts of statistical reasoning: hypothesis tests and the t-test.

BASIC STATISTICS FOR BUSY CLINICIANS ( V ) Statistical inference : Hypothesis testing

The aim of statistical inference is to predict the parameters of a population, based on a sample of data. Inferential statistics encompasses the estimation of parameters and model predictions. The present article describes the hypothesis tests or statistical significance tests most commonly used in healthcare research. & 2010 SEICAP. Published by Elsevier España, S.L. All rights reserved.

Statistics for Clinicians

Key statistical concepts in cancer research.

In this article, we provide a high-level overview of statistical concepts related to study design and data analysis in oncology research. These concepts are discussed for 2 main types of clinical research: (1) observational studies, which focus on biomarker discovery in order to predict disease risk and prognosis, and (2) prospectively designed, well-controlled clinical trials, which are critic...