Carefully selected and vetted training materials especially suited for a non-statistician audience.
A simple, clear blog post explaining what observed power (post-hoc power) is and why it is a “useless statistical concept”.
Link: What is post-hoc…
A short, clear, peer-reviewed article explaining “why it is nonsensical to use retrospective power analyses to conduct a postmortem on your study”.…
Description: Published article describing the non-parametric methods most commonly used in medical research.
Link: Nonparametric methods article…
Description: Published article which provides an introduction to nonparametric tests, including the history, principles, advantages and disadvantages…
Description: Short 5-page document from a Mayo Clinic statistician providing a clear description of non-parametric testing compared to parametric…
Description: YouTube video of a 53-minute seminar from the Medical College of Wisconsin’s CTSI describing how to use basic non-parametric statistical…
Description: Educational document explaining the impact of multiple testing and approaches to controlling it.
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Description: Short 11-minute YouTube video describing how to recognize and guard against multiple testing problems in medical research.
Link: Video…
Description: Short 6-page peer-reviewed article describing how to recognize multiple testing problems in clinical research.
Link: Article pdf
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Description: Short (10 min.) video about building good working relationships between clinical investigators and statisticians.
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Description: Short published article on positive and negative predictive values.
Link: Article pdf
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Description: Short published article on the basic concepts of sensitivity and specificity.
Link: Article pdf
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Description: University of Washington Medicine lecture on evaluating diagnostic tests.
Link: Lecture video
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Description: A very clear and concise video explaining ROC curves.
Link: Video
Who created this resource: Rahul Patwari, MD, Associate Professor…
Description: A very clear and concise video explaining sensitivity and specificity.
Link: Video
Who created this resource: Rahul Patwari, MD,…