Introduction to Statistics

 

Introduction to Statistics

Clinical Research Related Courses

Questo corso viene soltanto dato in inglese, per questo motivo le informazioni in merito sono soltanto disponibili in inglese.

This two-day course is designed to help you with the understanding of the meaning, significance and importance of statistics in research. You will be able to understand the basics of statistics.

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luogo
lingua
15-16 Mar 2012 Brussels English
950,00 €
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Full description

This two-day course is designed for people that have little to no background in statistics. The course will focus briefly on types of study designs, followed by explaining the basic principles involved in analysing data (descriptively and drawing inference). First, basic statistical principles and statistical tests will be discussed and next those tests will be discussed in the context of clinical studies.

Who should attend?

Anyone who is involved in clinical studies:  literature search, planning of clinical studies or writing papers

Docenti
  • Population versus sample
  • Experimental versus observational study
  • Variable types: categorical/continues
  • Descriptive statistics: graphical and numerical summary, measures for centre and spread
  • Hypothesis testing: type I and type II errors
  • Sample size calculations
  • Estimates and confidence intervals
  • Multiple hypothesis testing
  • Overview of statistical test with emphasis on the interpretation of the results
  • To give a solid background in basic statistical concepts that will help to critically read and understand the basic statistical content of scientific papers (focusing on clinical trials) with emphasis on interpretation of the results
  • To give an idea of the steps involved in the design of a study
  • To correctly report the results of a statistical analysis
Workshops
  • The theory will be illustrated by small exercise that will focus on the interpretation of the statistical analysis and correct reporting of the results.
Extra's
  • This course is organised in collaboration with Pharma XL.
  • For this specific course students receive a discount of 75%