Evidenced based medicine
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Hierarchy of evidence Statistics: sensitivity, specificity, predictive values and likelihood ratio's Measures of central tendency: Mean, median and mode Standard deviation, variance and the empirical rule Data types Measures of variation in medical statistics Sample size and statistical power in medical research Survival analysis Observational studies Epidemiology: Incidence, prevalence & mortality rate Forest plot Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve Systematic review Bias EBM Definitions Intention to treat analysis Number needed to treat, number needed to harm and absolute risk reduction Sectioning under the Mental Health Act Evidenced-based recovery times Study design Correlation and linear regression Odds and odds ratio Absolute risk, relative risk, relative risk reduction & number needed to treat Funnel plot Scoring systems Statistical terms: descriptive statistics Screening test statistics: sensitivity, specificity, predictive values & likelihood ratio Normal (Gaussian) distribution Confidence interval and standard error of the mean Significance tests, type I and type II errors Significance tests: Parametric & non-parametric tests Skewed distributions