Introduction to Statistics
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About this course
Reasons to attend
This course is designed to help you understand the meaning, significance, and importance of statistics in research. You will be able to understand the basics of statistics.What's included?
- Documents and materials related to this course are included
- Globally recognised certificates awarded after test completion
- This course has been granted PharmaTrain Recognition
Course schedule
Course Description
This course is designed for people that have little to no background in statistics. The course will focus briefly on types of study designs, followed by explaining the basic principles involved in analysing data (descriptively and drawing inference). First, basic statistical principles and statistical tests will be discussed and next those tests will be discussed in the context of clinical studies.Programme highlight
- Population versus sample
- Experimental versus observational study
- Variable types: categorical/continues
- Descriptive statistics: graphical and numerical summary, measures for centre and spread
- Hypothesis testing: type I and type II errors
- Sample size calculations
- Estimates and confidence intervals
- Multiple hypothesis testing
- Overview of statistical test with emphasis on the interpretation of the results
Learning objectives
- Have a solid background in basic statistical concepts that will help to critically read and understand the basic statistical content of scientific papers (focusing on clinical trials) with emphasis on interpretation of the results
- Know the steps involved in the design of a study
- Correctly report the results of a statistical analysis
Who should attend
Anyone who is involved in clinical studies: literature search, planning of clinical studies or writing papers
Competencies
This course covers competencies that are part of the ECCRT Competency Framework
- Scientific Concepts & Research Design (3)
- Ethical & Participants Safety Considerations (0)
- Investigational Product Development and Regulation (0)
- Clinical Studies Operations (GCPs or ISO 14155) (0)
- Study and Site Management (0)
- Data Management and Informatics (2)
- Leadership and Professionalism (0)
- Communication (0)
- Teamwork (0)
- Business acumen (0)
Trainers
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Bert Macken
Eli Lilly
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