research methods and statistics

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Decks in this class (19)

Bias and Confounding
Explain how chance may lead to an...,
Explain how reverse causation may...,
What is confounding
25  cards
Descriptive Comparison Of Groups
What does the term exposure varia...,
What information can we gain from...,
In a study looking at how smoking...
32  cards
Variables and Distributions
What do we call the different asp...,
What are the two main types of va...,
What are categorical variables
63  cards
Sampling Variation and Confidence Intervals
What does the central limit theor...,
What is the statistic that tells ...,
What equation is used to calculat...
16  cards
Ethics in Human Research
True or false you would not need ...,
Would you need ethical approval t...,
You would need ethical approval t...
40  cards
Introduction To Research Methods and Study Statistics
In what ways is research an organ...,
What is research,
Why is it important that the rese...
29  cards
Hypothesis Testing
What does the p value tell us,
What does a p value of 0025 mean,
What does a small p value tell us
38  cards
Study Designs
What are case reports and series ...,
What are the advantages of case r...,
What are the disadvantages of cas...
49  cards
INTRO TO RESEARCH METHODS AND STATISTICS - LEARNING OUTCOMES
Describe how you would go about d...,
Describe ways of defining disease...,
Give a clinical definition of dis...
26  cards
STUDY DESIGN - LEARNING OUTCOMES
Describe the main features of cas...,
Describe the main features of eco...,
Describe the main features of cro...
67  cards
Study Power and Sample Size
Why is sample size important,
What program can we use to check ...,
What are the two approaches to sa...
26  cards
VARIABLES AND DISTRIBUTIONS - LEARNING OUTCOMES
What are the two main types of va...,
What are categorical variables,
What is a binary categorical vari...
43  cards
Summarising the Evidence
What is a cause of disease,
If the association between causes...,
What do epidemiological studies u...
28  cards
SAMPLING VARIATION AND CONFIDENCE INTERVALS - LEARNING OUTCOMES
What is the purpose of using rand...,
What is a sampling frame,
What is systematic sampling
21  cards
DESCRIPTIVE COMPARISON OF GROUPS - LEARNING OUTCOMES
What are the descriptive statisti...,
What are the descriptive statisti...,
What are the descriptive statisti...
29  cards
BIAS AND CONFOUNDING - LEARNING OUTCOMES
What are the possible explanation...,
What does sampling error mean in ...,
How can we assess the role of cha...
33  cards
STUDY POWER AND SAMPLE SIZE - LEARNING OUTCOMES
Why is it important to consider s...,
If our confidence interval spans ...,
We want to choose a sample size s...
15  cards
HYPOTHESIS TESTING - LEARNING OUTCOMES
What are the general measures we ...,
What does hypothesis testing esse...,
Summarise hypothesis testing
71  cards
SUMMARISING THE EVIDENCE - LEARNING OUTCOMES
What is meant by the cause of dis...,
What studies aim to determine the...,
Why might identifying the cause o...
33  cards

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