Basic Statistics

Index

A

Accept hypothesis, 108
Alpha error, 109
Approximate t test, 121

B

Beta error, 109
Bonferroni correction, 114
Box plot, 60

C

Case/control study, 10
Categorical data
single variable, 125
two variables, 141
Chi-square distribution, 1.52
Chi-square test, 150
Class intervals, 38
Clinical trials, 7
Coefficient of variation, 59
Confidence intervals
correlation, 179
definition, 81
difference between two means.

difference between paired means, 89

odds ratios, 149

pooled variance, 88

proportions, 130

regression, 174

sample size single mean, 83

single sample, 80

using t distribution, 85

CONSORT, 11

Continuity correction, 130, 157

Correlation coefficient, 177

Covariance, 169

D

Data collection, 29

Data entry, 32

Data screening, 33

Degrees of freedom, 152

Distribution

curve, 45

F, 119

Distributions

chi-square for tables, 150

F-distribution, 84

I 86 normal, 63

Basic Statistics: A Primerfor the Biomedical Sciences, Fourth Edition.
By Olive Jean Dunn and Virginia A. Clark
Copyright @ 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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