Stat Corner Biostatistics - I: Introduction, role & applications in medicine
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https://doi.org/10.66344/jpad.14.3.2004.810Abstract
Understanding the fundamentals of biostatistics is essential for every clinician in order
to plan a scientific study and interpret its results . Unfortunately, this area had been
neglected at the level of undergraduate and postgraduate medical education in country.
The terms like X2 test, student t test, p value, sensitivity, specificity etc. are very scary
for clinicians and while going through a medical journal , the pages describing the
statistical methods are generally skipped. As a part of CME activity for its readers,
JPAD has started a series of articles covering this dry and boring topic. The authors
have simplified the subject in a reader-friendly manner so that it is easy to comprehend
and assimilate. (Editor).
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