Articles

Contents

Biostatistics

• Common Biostatistical Problems
• P-value Fallacy: Peter Bacchetti lecture
• Interpreting Results: How to phrase conclusions that reflect estimates and confidence intervals, not just p-values
• Statistical Packages
• Intention to Treat Analysis by Dr. Jerry Dallal (Tufts University)
• Random Samples / Randomization by Dr. Jerry Dallal(Tufts University
• Nonparametric Statistics by Dr. Jerry Dallal (Tufts University)
• Sample Datasets From Vanderbilt Biostatistics
• List of available statistical computing seminars and tutorials
• Logistic Regression
• Poisson Regression by Jerry Dallal
• Geocoding: Presentation by David Rehkopf
• List of Free Statistical Software
• Estimation versus Hypothesis Testing
• Correlation

Multiple Linear Regression

• Introduction to Regression Models
• Student's t Test for Independent Samples Is A Special Case of Simple Linear Regression
• Introduction to Multiple Linear Regression
• The Most Important Lesson You'll Ever Learn About Multiple Linear Regression Analyses
• How to Read the Output From Multiple Linear Regression Analyses
• The Meaning of Regression Coefficents
• What Does Multiple Regression Look Like?
• What Does Multiple Regression Look Like? (Part 2)
• Why Is a Regression Line Straight?
• Partial Correlation Coefficients
• Which Predictors Are More Important?
• The Extra Sum of Squares Principle
• Simplifying A Multiple Regression Equation
  • Using the Bootstrap to Simplify a Multiple Regression Equation

Analysis of Variance

• Analysis of Variance by NancyHills
• Single Factor ANOVA
• How to Read the Output From One-Way Analysis of Variance
• Multiple Comparisons
• Labeling Similar Means After Performing an Analysis of Variance
  • A web page that creates the labels

Ethics

• CTSpedia's Articles on Responsible Conduct of Research
• How To Get Through Institutional Review Smoothly
• How an Ethics Consultation Can Help (UCSF)
• Ethical Issues of Research in Developing Countries
• Data Monitoring in Clinical Trials
• Using Placebo Controls
• What Do Regulators Classify as "Research"?
• What Makes Some Research "Minimal Risk"?
• Ethical Guidelines to Statistical Practice (PDF)

Data Management

• Computer Assisted Interviewing Software: A Primer
• What is the Relational Database Model?
• Longitudinal Cohort Studies
• Using a National Database

Epidemiology and Research Design

• When to match in a case-control study
• How to sample controls in a nested case-control study
• Study Design Categorizer
• Basics of Study Design by Dr. Jerry Dallal (Tufts University)

Case Studies

• Sample Size

Grants and Awards

• NIH Mentored Career Development (K) Awards

Writing

• 2008 Edition ICMJE Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts (PDF)
• Model Texts
  • Examples of how to phrase common types of content.
    • Interpreting Results: How to phrase conclusions that reflect estimates and confidence intervals, not just p-values.
    • Follow-up Time Description of follow-up time in a time-to-event or survival study.

Recruitment

• Selection of Participants in Phase 1 Clinical Trials

Other

• CTSA Publications
• Articles on Statistical Practice from the British Medical Journal

All Articles

• sciman06.pdf: Ethical Guidelines to Statistical Practice