Biostatistics in Practice: Choosing and Reporting Tests

Match the test to the question and the data, check assumptions, and interpret p-values and confidence intervals without guesswork.

Clinical research experience Peer-reviewed publication experience Epidemiology & biostatistics background SPSS data analysis Confidential research handling End-to-end research & publication support Ethical, evidence-based working

About this course

Statistical test selection without the guesswork. Learn to match the right test to your question and data type, check the assumptions that are usually skipped, and interpret and report p-values and confidence intervals with confidence.

What you'll learn

Matching data type and study design to the right statistical test
Checking assumptions before you trust a result
Interpreting p-values and confidence intervals correctly
Common reporting mistakes that trigger reviewer queries
Writing a statistics section reviewers can follow

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