METHOD(S): The study was done on 100 amenorrheic patients and 100 eumenorrheic controls with normal karyotype. Their finger tip patterns, hypothenar patterns, simian crease, Sydney line, interdigital area patterns (qualitative parameters of DGs) were analyzed. Printing method was used. The observations were correlated not only between subjects and controls but also between subjects with normal ...

A test for goodness of fit usually involves examining a random sample from some unknown distribution in order to test the null hypothesis that the unknown distribution function is in fact a known, specified function. The Chi-square test can be applied to any univariate distribution for which you can calculate the cumulative distribution function. The Chi-square test does not have good propertie...

In recent years there has been a growing interest in the cultural dimension of foreign language education, and teachers today are expected to promote the acquisition of intercultural competence in their learners. Thus, the present study aimed to investigate the opinions and attitudes of Iranian teachers of English on intercultural competence teaching and to see how and to what extent these opin...

BACKGROUND The interpretation of scientific articles often requires an understanding of the methods of inferential statistics. This article informs the reader about frequently used statistical tests and their correct application. METHODS The most commonly used statistical tests were identified through a selective literature search on the methodology of medical research publications. These tes...

Most of the time, we have the raw data to conduct the necessary statistical analysis in SAS®. However, when there is only summary data available, some additional SAS coding is necessary in order to perform the hypothesis test. SAS procedures, as well as simplified macros (%SUM_TTEST, %SUM_ANOVA, %P_ANOVA, %SUM_CHI) with examples, will be discussed in this paper for chi-square test, two sample t...

OBJECTIVES This study examined changes in knowledge and behavior after a community-based cervical cancer education program in Honduras. METHODS The program consisted of radio broadcasts targeting rural women and presentations to community nurses. The effectiveness of the radio broadcasts was assessed using a cross-sectional design (control groups n = 124, n = 243; intervention group n = 233)....

BACKGROUND This retrospective cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the relationship between Chinese medicine (CM) dietary patterns (hot, neutral, and cold) and the incidence of breast cancer among Chinese women in Hong Kong. METHODS Breast cancer cases (n = 202) and healthy controls (n = 202) were matched according to demographics. Chinese women residing in Hong Kong for the past 7 year...