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Efficacy

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The extent to which a specific intervention, procedure, regimen, or service produces a beneficial result under ideal conditions

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Effectivenes

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A measure of the extent to which a specific intervention, procedure, regimen, or service when deployed in the field in routine circumstances, does what it is intended to do for a specified population

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Where does the evidence come from?

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  1. Research
  2. Textbooks
  3. Internet
  4. CE Courses
  5. Experts
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Hierarchy of Evidence Quality

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  1. Systematic reviews and meta-analysis
  2. Clinical trial (in humans)
  3. Longitudinal cohort study
  4. Case control study
  5. Descriptive and cross-sectional study
  6. Case report and Case series
  7. Personal opinion, subjective impressions, anecdotal accounts
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ADA definition of evidence-based dentistry integrates 3 things

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  1. Assessment of clinically relevant scientific evidence
  2. Clinical expertise
  3. Needs and preferences of the patient
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Sponsoring agency for journals (4)

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  1. Learned society
  2. Professional organization
  3. Scientific publisher
  4. Commercial publisher
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Impact Factor =

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# citations to articles appearing in journal
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# articles published
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3 kinds of papers published in primary journals

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  1. Research reports
  2. Reviews of the literature
  3. Commentaries
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Research report allows for 3 things

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  1. Assess observations
  2. Repeat experiments
  3. Evaluate intellectual processes
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The content of an article should be:

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New, true, important, and comprehensible

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Components of research report:

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  1. Title
  2. Authors
  3. Date of submission/acceptance
  4. Abstract
  5. Intro
  6. Materials and Methods
  7. Results
  8. Discussion
  9. Conclusion
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Clinical trial in humans allows you to see

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Cause and Effect

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Cohort Studies

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Group is defined based on their exposure to a suspected risk factor for disease (no cause/effect)

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Case-Control Studies

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Group is defined based on whether they do or do not have a disease

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Cross-sectional Surveys

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“Snapshot” in time. Disease and exposure are assessed together.

Can tell prevalence, not incidence

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Case Reports and Case Series

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Describe a single patient

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Variable

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An element, feature, or factor that is liable to vary or change

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Mathematics

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A quantity that during a calculation is assumed to vary or be capable of varying in value

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Computing

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A data item that may take on more than one value during the runtime of a program

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Nominal Data

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The classification of an observation according to the group to which it belongs. Ex: gender, political party, marital status, state of residency

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Ordinal Data

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A measurement scale based on the classification of an observation according to its relationship or other observations. Ex: poor-fair-good scale

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Continuous Data

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Real Numbers. Interval (temperature) or ratio (mass/time)

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Mode

  1. What is it
  2. What data is best with it
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  1. Most frequent measurement

2. Nominal data

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Median

  1. What is it
  2. What data is best with it
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  1. Middle

2. Ordinal data

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Mean 1. What is it 2. What data is best with it 3. Affected by?
1. Average 2. Continuous 3. Outliers
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IQR
How spread out the data is
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Variance
Average value of distance from the mean of all of the variables. Square of SD
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SD
Positive square root of the variance
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Coefficient of variation
Measures the percentage of the spread 100 x SD/mean
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Standard Error of the Mean
Several samples Calculate mean Calculate SD of the means
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SD is used to measure
Variability of individual subjects/entities
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SE is used to assess
How accurately a sample mean reflects a population
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Bar charts are good for
Nominal and ordinal (categorical)
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Histograms are good for
Continuous data
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Box and Whisker 1. Box represents 2. Line in the box represents 3. Whiskers extend to 4. Circles represent
1. IQR 2. Median 3. The remaining data 4. Outliers
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Dot plots
Continuous data in groups
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Scatter plots
Two continuous variables
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Probability
The relative likelihood of an event occurring, measured on a scale from 0-1. Sometimes discussed in %
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Normal Probability Distribution
A density function assuming a bell shaped curve
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For a small sample use:
T-distribution
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For a bigger sample use:
Z-score
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Central limit theorem and normal probability function allow us to
Infer about the population
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Z-score percents of population
68. 3% in 1 SD 95. 5% in 2 SD 97. 7% in 3 SD
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Research hypothesis
A prediction based on the theory being tested. Language based statement that we are trying to prove
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Null hypothesis
There is no difference. We are trying to disprove this with research
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Alternate hypothesis
All possibilities that the null doesn't cover. There is a difference.
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Dependent Variable
What we measure
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Independent Variable
What we think affects the outcome
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Type I error
Rejecting the null when it is true
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Type I error is also called
alpha or p-value
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Type II error
Accepting the null when it is false
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Type II error is also called
beta
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Alpha and beta are
Inversely proportional
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If we increase sample size, what happens to alpha and beta?
They go down
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Power
The chance that we will find significance
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Power and sample size are
Directly related
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Methods to increase power (6)
1. Increase the type I error 2. Increase the sample size 3. Increase the deviation from the null hypothesis you are willing to tolerate 4. Decrease variability 5. Use a directional alternate hypothesis 6. Use the most efficient statistical test
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Statistical Decision Making
1. Research question 2. Define variables 3. State null and alternate 4. Choose statistical test 5. Determine type I error that you will tolerate 6. Conduct the experiment 7. Calculate the experiment 8. Calculate the test statistic 9. Determine the type 1 error (p value) 10. Conclude

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