Biostatistics 101: the minor details that make a major difference

Abstract

This lecture includes a description of the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (NUCATS) Biostatistics Collaboration Center; a discussion of independent observations; a discussion of the mean versus the median in statistics; the use of Excel for data capture, cleaning or analysis; a comparison of Excel to alternative tools such as REDCap, Stata, etc ; right-sizing the data used in a research project.

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Sponsored by the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute Biostatistics Collaboration Center

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