Biostatistics
Cedars-Sinai Clinical Scholars
Cedars-Sinai Clinical Scholars
Biostatistics – tools for evidence based medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Jeff Gornbein, DrPH - UCLA Depts of Medicine & Computational Medicine
gornbein@g.ucla.edu 310-392-7381 (home landline)
Class topics & schedule Handy EXCEL functions Normal distribution table
Suggested texts: Petrie and Sabin (P&S) Medical Statistics at a Glance 4th ed, Wiley-Blackwell Pub 2020, Motulsky H, Intuitive Biostatistics, 4th ed, Oxford Univ Press 2018
Link to class Zoom session: https://uclahs.zoom.us/j/3680482651
Meeting ID: 368 048 2651
Lecture slides (will be updated)
Section 1- Introduction, confounding, study design
Section 2-Descriptive statistics-continuous and binary,accuracy
Section 3- Probability theory & distributions: Normal, Binomial, Poisson–Bayes rule
Section 4-Confidence intervals & hypothesis testing, p values
Section 5-Sample size for precision & power, multiple hypothesis testing,FDR
Section 6- Analysis of variance (ANOVA)
Section 7-Chi square and F tests – overall tests
Section 8a-Simple Linear Regression
Section 8b-Multiple regression – brief intro to Linear, Logistic, Poisson & Cox regression
Section 9C-Propensity scores & logistic regression
Online calculators
Normal distribution applet / calculator
Power for Comparing two means (comparing mean difference to zero)
Sample size - Columbia University
Download for free Gpower sample size/power software – University of Dusseldorf (must download and install)
Material for JMP sessions - JMP sessions will be scheduled outside of class
Introduction to JMP – SAS Inc- video Introductory notes
Data for JMP demos
Depression data - EXCEL format Data Dictionary for Depression Data
Birthweight data - EXCEL format Data Dictionary for Birthweight Data
Trial1 - popcorn data- JMP format Trial2 - popcorn data - JMP format
data for BMI example - EXCEL format
Excel demos and calculators
Normal distribution area calculator
proportion comparison Z test calculator
Poisson distribution calculator
t test for means and Z test for proportions-calculator
power calculation demo – t test
sample size calculation for comparing two means– unpaired t test
making a chart with error bars demo
Logistic regression – diabetes complication risk calculator
Presentation Zoom recordings
Links to Recorded Lectures (Zoom) – there is a lag before recorded lectures are posted
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