VCCC Alliance Biostatistics Online Workshop
VCCC Alliance
Description
Learn how to interpret the reporting of statistical results in clinical studies. Explore beyond the simple how-to of statistical testing to delve into what is the research question, what is being estimated, and interpretation of confidence intervals and p-values. What is the difference between statistical significance and clinical significance and how do you make decisions about the real-world relevance of either? Designed for the non-statistician, it will explore ideas such as: defining your research question using the PICOT framework; the importance of effect sizes and confidence intervals; how to interpret confidence intervals and P-values and; interpretation and misuse of P-values, including selective reporting.