Learning statistics can be fun. Especially if you start right and perceive statistics as a mathematical tool to answer your research question. There are number of accessible and easy to understand resources available as e-books or lecture notes series published in medical journals. If you are looking for a textbook I recommend Primer on Biostatistics by S. Glantz and Introductory Statistics with R by Stephen Dalgaard.
At the same time there are research and review papers addressing specific topics in statistics that are published in publically available journals that can guide you through the path to understand statistics. Below I list eight major series of statistical notes published by British Medical Journal (55 papers), Radiology (19 papers), American Journal of Roentgenology (30 papers), Critical Care (14 papers), Circulation (23 papers), Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (14 papers), Canadian Medical Association Journal (4 papers). There is also a brief series of polish papers from Medycyna Praktyczna for those who dont understand english. You can find a lot of very specific tutorials on ROC you will not find in the regular textbooks. Yet this is not perfect since a few people told they are lost in the long list of potentially useful but not structured papers.
Once I'll have more time I might organize the papers below in more coherent step-by-step guide for beginners and advanced readers. At this point you have 159 papers discussing in brief basic and intermediate topics in biomedical statistics. Most of the papers are free and available via Pubmed Central and some are not, but hopefully will be made available freely once some time will pass since their publication. In the near future (2013) I would like to aggregate all those papers in public groups in zotero reference management software so that anyone can join and have direct access to all the pdfs collected.
British Medical Journal - statistical notes series
There has been a change in organization of BMJ website and some of the BMJ links might not work, however all pdfs are available for free using search on PubMedCentral
Correlation, regression and repeated data.
Bland JM, Altman DG. (1994) 308, 896.
Bland JM, Altman DG. (1994) 308, 1499.
Diagnostic tests 1: sensitivity and specificity.
Altman DG, Bland JM. (1994) 308, 1552.
Diagnostic tests 2: predictive values.
Altman DG, Bland JM. (1994) 309, 102.
Diagnostic tests 3: receiver operating characteristic plots.
Altman DG, Bland JM. (1994) 309, 188.
One-and two-sided tests of significance.
Bland JM, Altman DG. (1994) 309, 248.
Some examples of regression towards the mean.
Bland JM, Altman DG. (1994) 309, 780.
Quartiles,quintliles, centiles, and other quantiles.
Altman DG, Bland JM. (1994) 309, 996.
Bland JM, Altman DG. (1994) 309, 1128.
Altman DG, Bland JM. (1995) 310, 298.
Calculating correlation coefficients with repeated observations:
Part 1, correlation within subjects.
Bland JM, Altman DG. (1995) 310, 446.
Calculating correlation coefficients with repeated observations:
Part 2, correlation between subjects.
Bland JM, Altman DG. (1995) 310, 633.
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
Altman DG, Bland JM. (1995) 311, 485.
(Reprinted : Australian Veterinary Journal 1996;74, 311.)
Multiple significance tests: the Bonferroni method.
Bland JM, Altman DG. (1995) 310, 170.
Presentation of numerical data.
Altman DG, Bland JM. (1996) 312, 572.
16. Bland JM, Altman DG. (1996) Logarithms. 312, 700.
17. Bland JM, Altman DG. (1996) Transforming data. 312, 770.
18. Bland JM, Altman DG. (1996) Transformations, means and confidence intervals. 312, 1079.
19. Bland JM, Altman DG. (1996) The use of transformations when comparing two means. 312, 1153.
20. Altman DG, Bland JM. (1996) Comparing several groups using analysis of variance. 312, 1472-3.
21. Bland JM, Altman DG. (1996) Measurement error. 313, 744 (Republished because of printers' errors in the earlier version, BMJ 1996; 312, 1654.)
22. Bland JM, Altman DG. (1996) Measurement error and correlation coefficients. 313, 41-2. (The wrong data table was printed in the BMJ. The correct data are available.)
23. Bland JM, Altman DG. (1996) Measurement error proportional to the mean. 313, 106.
24. Altman DG, Matthews JNS. (1996) Interaction 1: Heterogeneity of effects. 313, 486.
25. Matthews JNS, Altman DG. (1996) Interaction 2: compare effect sizes not P values. 313, 808. PMC pdf
26. Matthews JNS, Altman DG. (1996) Interaction 3: How to examine heterogeneity. 313, 862.
27. Altman DG, Bland JM. (1996) Detecting skewness from summary information. 313, 1200.
28. Bland JM, Altman DG. (1997) Cronbach's alpha. 314, 572.
29. Altman DG, Bland JM. (1997) Units of analysis. 314, 1874.
30. Bland JM, Kerry SM. (1997) Trials randomised in clusters. 315, 600.
31. Kerry SM, Bland JM. (1998) Analysis of a trial randomised in clusters. 316, 54.
32. Bland JM, Kerry SM. (1998) Weighted comparison of means. 316, 129.
33. Kerry SM, Bland JM. (1998) Sample size in cluster randomisation. 316, 549.
34. Kerry SM, Bland JM. (1998) The intra-cluster correlation coefficient in cluster randomisation. 316, 1455.
35. Altman DG, Bland JM. (1998) Generalisation and extrapolation. 317, 409-410.
36. Altman DG, Bland JM. (1998) Time to event (survival) data.317, 468-469.
37. Bland JM, Altman DG. (1998) Bayesians and frequentists.317, 1151.
38. Bland JM, Altman DG. (1998) Survival probabilities (the Kaplan-Meier method). 317, 1572.
39. Altman DG, Bland JM. (1999) Treatment allocation in controlled trials: why randomise? 318, 1209.
40. Altman DG, Bland JM. (1999) Variables and parameters. 318, 1667.
41. Altman DG, Bland JM. (1999) How to randomise. 319, 703-4.
42. Bland JM, Altman DG. (2000) The odds ratio. 320, 1468.
43. Day SJ and Altman DG. (2000) Blinding in clinical trials and other studies. 321, 504.
44. Altman DG and Schulz KF. (2001) Concealing treatment allocation in randomised trials.323, 446-447.
45. Vickers AJ and Altman DG. (2001) Analysing controlled trials with baseline and follow up measurements.323, 1123-1124.
46. Bland JM and Altman DG. (2002) Validating scales and indexes. 324, 606-607.
47. Altman DG and Bland JM. (2003) Interaction revisited: the difference between two estimates. 326, 219.
48. Bland JM and Altman DG. (2004) The logrank test. 328, 1073.
49. Deeks JJ and Altman DG. (2004) Diagnostic tests 4: likelihood ratios. 329, 168-169.
50. Altman DG, Bland JM. (2005) Treatment allocation by minimisation. 330, 843.
51. Altman DG, Bland JM. (2005) Standard deviations and standard errors. 331, 903.
52. Altman DG, Royston P. (2006) The cost of dichotomising continuous variables. 332, 1080.
53. Altman DG, Bland JM. (2007) Missing data. 334, 424.
54. Altman DG, Bland JM. (2009) Parametric v non-parametric methods for data analysis. 338, a3167.
55. Bland JM, Altman DG. (2009) Analysis of continuous data from small samples. 338, a3166.
Correlation, regression, and repeated data
J Martin Bland & Douglas G Altman
BMJ 1994;308:896 (2 April)
J Martin Bland & Douglas G Altman
BMJ 1994;308:1499 (4 June)
Diagnostic tests 1: sensitivity and specificity
Douglas G Altman & J Martin Bland
BMJ 1994;308:1552 (11 June)
Diagnostic tests 2: predictive values
Douglas G Altman & J Martin Bland
BMJ 1994;309:102 (9 July)
Diagnostic tests 3: receiver operating characteristic plots
Douglas G Altman & J Martin Bland
BMJ 1994;309:188 (16 July)
One and two sided tests of significance
J Martin Bland & Douglas G Altman
BMJ 1994;309:248 (23 July)
Some examples of regression towards the mean
J Martin Bland & Douglas G Altman
BMJ 1994;309:780 (24 September)
Quartiles, quintiles, centiles, and other quantiles
Douglas G Altman & J Martin Bland
BMJ 1994;309:996 (15 October)
J Martin Bland & Douglas G Altman
BMJ 1994;309:1128 (29 October)
Multiple significance tests: the Bonferroni method
J Martin Bland & Douglas G Altman
BMJ 1995;310:170 (21 January)
Altman DG, Bland JM.
BMJ 1995;310:298 (4 February)
Calculating correlation coefficients with repeated observations: Part 1--correlation within subjects
J Martin Bland & Douglas G Altman
BMJ 1995;310:446 (18 February)
J Martin Bland & Douglas G Altman
BMJ 1995;310:633 (11 March)
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
Douglas G Altman & J Martin Bland
BMJ 1995;311:485 (19 August)
Presentation of numerical data
J Martin Bland & Douglas G Altman
BMJ 1996;312:572 (2 March)
J Martin Bland & Douglas G Altman
BMJ 1996;312:700 (16 March)
J Martin Bland & Douglas G Altman
BMJ 1996;312:770 (23 March)
Transformations, means, and confidence intervals
J Martin Bland & Douglas G Altman
BMJ 1996;312:1079 (27 April)
The use of transformation when comparing two means
J Martin Bland & Douglas G Altman
BMJ 1996;312:1153 (4 May)
Comparing several groups using analysis of variance Douglas G Altman & J Martin Bland BMJ 1996;312:1472-1473 (8 June)
Measurement error and correlation coefficients J Martin Bland & Douglas G Altman BMJ 1996;313:41-42 (6 July)
Measurement error proportional to the mean J Martin Bland & Douglas G Altman BMJ 1996;313:106 (13 July)
Interaction 1: heterogeneity of effects Douglas G Altman & John NS Matthews BMJ 1996;313:486 (24 August)
Measurement error J Martin Bland & Douglas G Altman BMJ 1996;313:744 (21 September)
Interaction 2: compare effect sizes not P values John NS Matthews & Douglas G Altman BMJ 1996;313:808 (28 September)
Interaction 3: How to examine heterogeneity John NS Matthews & Douglas G Altman BMJ 1996;313:862 (5 October)
Detecting skewness from summary information Douglas G Altman & J Martin Bland BMJ 1996;313:1200 (9 November)
Cronbach's alpha J Martin Bland & Douglas G Altman BMJ 1997;314:572 (22 February)
Units of analysis Douglas G Altman & J Martin Bland BMJ 1997;314:1874 (28 June)
Trials randomised in clusters J Martin Bland & Sally M Kerry BMJ 1997;315:600 (6 September)
Analysis of a trial randomised in clusters Sally M Kerry & Martin Bland BMJ 1998;316:54
Weighted comparison of means Martin Bland & Sally M Kerry BMJ 1998;316:129 (10 January)
Sample size in cluster randomisation Sally M Kerry & J Martin Bland BMJ 1998;316:549 (14 February)
The intracluster correlation coefficient in cluster randomisation Sally M Kerry & J Martin Bland BMJ 1998;316:1455-1460 (9 May)
Generalisation and extrapolation Douglas G Altman & J Martin Bland BMJ 1998;317:409-410 (8 August)
Time to event (survival) data Douglas G Altman & J Martin Bland BMJ 1998;317:468-469 (15 August)
Bayesians andfrequentists J Martin Bland & Douglas G Altman BMJ 1998;317:1151-1160 (24 October)
Survival probabilities (the Kaplan-Meier method) J Martin Bland, & Douglas G Altman BMJ 1998;317:1572-1580 (5 December)
Treatment allocation in controlled trials: why randomise? Douglas G Altman & J Martin Bland BMJ 1999;318:1209-1209 (1 May)
Variables and parameters Douglas G Altman & J Martin Bland BMJ 1999;318:1667-1667 (19 June)
How to randomise Douglas G Altman & J Martin Bland BMJ 1999;319:703-704 (11 September)
The odds ratio Douglas G Altman & J Martin Bland BMJ 2000;320:1468 (27 May)
Blinding in clinical trials and other studies Simon J Day & Douglas G Altman BMJ 2000;321:504 (19 August)
Concealing treatment allocation in randomised trials Douglas G Altman & Kenneth F Schulz BMJ 2001;323:446-447 (25 August)
Analysing controlled trials with baseline and follow up measurements Andrew J Vickers & Douglas G Altman BMJ 2001;323:1123-1124 (10 November)
Validating scales and indexes J Martin Bland & Douglas G Altman BMJ 2002;324:606-607 (9 March)
Interaction revisited: the difference between two estimates Douglas G Altman & J Martin Bland BMJ 2003;326:219 (25 January)
The logrank test J Martin Bland & Douglas G Altman BMJ 2004 328(7447):1073 (1 May)
Diagnostic tests 4: likelihood ratios. JJ Deeks & Douglas G Altman BMJ 2004 329:168-169
Radiology - Statistical Concepts series - complete package in single pdf
Kimberly E. Applegate and Philip E. Crewson. An Introduction to Biostatistics. Radiology 2002 225: 318-322.
Seema S. Sonnad. Describing Data: Statistical and Graphical Methods. Radiology 2002 225: 622-628.
Elkan F. Halpern and G. Scott Gazelle. Probability in Radiology. Radiology 2003 226: 12-15.
L. Santiago Medina and David Zurakowski. Measurement Variability and Confidence Intervals in Medicine: Why Should Radiologists Care? Radiology 2003 226: 297-301.
Kelly H. Zou, Julia R. Fielding, Stuart G. Silverman, and Clare M. C. Tempany. Hypothesis Testing I: Proportions. Radiology 2003 226: 609-613.
Richard Tello and Philip E. Crewson. Hypothesis Testing II: Means. Radiology 2003 227: 1-4.
John Eng. Sample Size Estimation: How Many Individuals Should Be Studied? Radiology 2003 227: 309-313.
Curtis P. Langlotz. Fundamental Measures of Diagnostic Examination Performance: Usefulness for Clinical Decision Making and Research. Radiology 2003 228: 3-9.
Kelly H. Zou, Kemal Tuncali, and Stuart G. Silverman. Correlation and Simple Linear Regression. Radiology 2003 227: 617-628.
Harold L. Kundel and Marcia Polansky. Measurement of Observer Agreement. Radiology 2003 228: 303-308.
Kimberly E. Applegate, Richard Tello, and Jun Ying. Hypothesis Testing III: Counts and Medians. Radiology 2003 228: 603-608.
Nancy A. Obuchowski. Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves and Their Use in Radiology. Radiology 2003 229: 3-8.
Ilana F. Gareen and Constantine Gatsonis. Primer on Multiple Regression Models for Diagnostic Imaging Research. Radiology 2003 229: 305-310.
Nancy A. Obuchowski. Special Topics III: Bias. Radiology 2003 229: 617-621.
John Eng. Sample Size Estimation: A Glimpse beyond Simple Formulas. Radiology 2004 230: 606-612.
Christopher L. Sistrom and Cynthia W. Garvan. Proportions, Odds, and Risk. Radiology 2004 230: 12-19.
Jonathan H. Sunshine and Kimberly E. Applegate. Technology Assessment for Radiologists. Radiology 2004 230: 309-314.
Kimberly E. Applegate and Philip E. Crewson. Statistical Literacy. Radiology 2004 230: 613-614.
Top 10 list of statistical errors in Radiology submissions
Introducing Critical Care Forum's ongoing review of medical statistics
Elise Whitley, Jonathon Ball
Critical Care 2002, 6:3 (29 January 2002)
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Statistics review 1: Presenting and summarising data
Elise Whitley, Jonathan Ball
Critical Care 2002, 6:66-71 (29 November 2001)
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Statistics review 2: Samples and populations
Elise Whitley, Jonathan Ball
Critical Care 2002, 6:143-148 (7 February 2002)
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Statistics review 3: Hypothesis testing and P values
Elise Whitley, Jonathan Ball
Critical Care 2002, 6:222-225 (18 March 2002)
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Statistics review 4: Sample size calculations
Elise Whitley, Jonathan Ball
Critical Care 2002, 6:335-341 (10 May 2002)
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Statistics review 5: Comparison of means
Elise Whitley, Jonathan Ball
Critical Care 2002, 6:424-428 (12 July 2002)
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Statistics review 6: Nonparametric methods
Elise Whitley, Jonathan Ball
Critical Care 2002, 6:509-513 (13 September 2002)
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Statistics review 7: Correlation and regression
Viv Bewick, Liz Cheek, Jonathan Ball
Critical Care 2003, 7:451-459 (5 November 2003)
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Statistics review 8: Qualitative data – tests of association
Viv Bewick, Liz Cheek, Jonathan Ball
Critical Care 2004, 8:46-53 (30 December 2003)
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Statistics review 9: One-way analysis of variance
Viv Bewick, Liz Cheek, Jonathan Ball
Critical Care 2004, 8:130-136 (1 March 2004)
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Statistics review 10: Further nonparametric methods
Viv Bewick, Liz Cheek, Jonathan Ball
Critical Care 2004, 8:196-199 (16 April 2004)
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Statistics review 11: Assessing risk
Viv Bewick, Liz Cheek, Jonathan Ball
Critical Care 2004, 8:287-291 (30 June 2004)
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Statistics review 12: Survival analysis
Viv Bewick, Liz Cheek, Jonathan Ball
Critical Care 2004, 8:389-394 (6 September 2004)
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Statistics review 13: Receiver operating characteristic curves
Viv Bewick, Liz Cheek, Jonathan Ball
Critical Care 2004, 8:508-512 (4 November 2004)
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Statistics review 14: Logistic regression
Viv Bewick, Liz Cheek, Jonathan Ball
Critical Care 2005, 9:112-118 (13 January 2005)
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American Journal of Roentgenology - Methodological concepts series
Applegate KE, Crewson, PE.
Radiology 2004 230: 613-614.
Technology Assessment for Radiologists.
Sunshine JH, Applegate KE.
Radiology 2004;230:309-314.
An Introduction to Biostatistics
Applegate KE, Crewson PE
Radiology September 2002;225: 318-322
Data collection in radiology research
Applegate K., Crewson P
AJR Am J Roentgenol. October 2001;177(4):755-761.
A correction for unbalanced kappa tables
Crewson PE
SUGI Proceedings, April 2001.
A rapid method for rigorous assessment of radiologic imaging technologies.
Sunshine J, McNeil B.
Radiology. February 1997;202:549-557.
Contributed comment: Beyond the ROC curve.
Sunshine J.
Acad Radiol. March 1995;2(suppl 1):S72-S74.
ACR/CAR/AJR METHODS SERIES
Bruce Hillman, M.D., FACR, Series Director
Jonathan Sunshine, Ph.D., Staff Co-ordinator
Editors' introduction to the series
Beam CA, Blackmore CC, Karlik S, Reinhold C
AJR 2001;176:323-325.
Jarvik JG
AJR 2001;176:873-878.
How to develop and critique a research protocol
Karlik SJ.
AJR 2001;166:1375-80.
Data collection in radiology research
Crewson PE, Applegate, KE.
AJR 2001;755-761.
Kazerooni EA
AJR 2001;177:993-999.
Statistically engineering the study for success
Beam CA
AJR 2002;179:47-52.
Screening for preclinical disease: test and disease characteristics
Herman CR, Gill HK, Eng J, Fajardo LL
AJR 2002;179:825-831.
Exploring and summarizing radiologic data
Karlik SJ
AJR 2003;180:47-54.
Karlik SJ
AJR 2003;180:607-619.
Joseph L, Reinhold C. Introduction to probability theory and sampling distributions. AJR 2003;180:917-923.
Blackmore CC, Cummings P. Observational studies in radiology. AJR 2004; 183:1203-1208.
Stolberg HO, Norman G, Trop I. Randomized controlled trials. AJR 2004; 183:1539-1544.
Obuchowski N. ROC analysis. AJR 2005; 184:364-372.
Weinstein S, Obuchowski NA, Lieber ML. Clinical evaluation of diagnostic tests. AJR 2005; 184:14-19.
Joseph L, Reinhold C. Statistical inference for continuous variables. AJR 2005; 184:1047-1056.
Joseph L, Reinhold C. Statistical inference for proportions. AJR 2005; 184:1057-1064.
Crewson PE. Reader agreement studies. AJR 2005; 184:1391-1397.
Dendukuri N, Reinhold C. Correlation and regression. AJR 2005; 185:3-18.
Stolberg H, Norman G, Trop I. Survival analysis. AJR 2005;185:19-22.
Obuchowski N. Multivariate statistical methods. AJR 2005; 185:299-309.
Plevritis SK. Decision Analysis and Simulation Modeling for Evaluating Diagnostic Tests on the Basis of Patient Outcomes. AJR 2005;185:581-590.
Hollingworth W. Radiology Cost and Outcomes Studies: Standard Practice and Emerging Methods. AJR 2005; 185:833-839.
Gatsonis C, Paliwal P. Meta-analysis of diagnostic and screening test accuracy evaluations: A methodologic primer. AJR 2006;accepted for publication.
Statistical Primer for Cardiovascular Research
Series of papers published in Circulation
Descriptive Statistics and Graphical Displays.
Martin G. Larson.
Circulation. 2006;114:76-81 [pdf]
Lisa M. Sullivan
Circulation. 2006;114:445-449 [pdf]
Roger B. Davis, Kenneth J. Mukamal
Circulation. 2006;114:1078-1082 [pdf]
Hypothesis Testing: Proportions
Kimberlee Gauvreau
Circulation. 2006;114:1545-1548 [pdf]
Sybil L. Crawford
Circulation. 2006;114:2083-2088 [pdf]
Lisa M. LaVange, Gary G. Koch
Circulation. 2006;114:2528-2533 [pdf]
Sowmya R. Rao, David A. Schoenfeld
Circulation. 2007;115:109-113 [pdf]
Receiver-Operating Characteristic Analysis for Evaluating Diagnostic Tests and Predictive Models
Kelly H. Zou, A. James O’Malley, Laura Mauri
Circulation. 2007;115:654-657 [pdf]
Design of Randomized Controlled Trials
Kenneth Stanley
Circulation. 2007;115:1164-1169 [pdf]
Evaluation of Randomized Controlled Trials
Kenneth Stanley
Circulation. 2007;115:1819-1822 [pdf]
Propensity Scores in Cardiovascular Research
Ralph B. D’Agostino, Jr.
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Multiple Comparisons Procedures
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Bryan K. Slinker, Stanton A. Glantz
Circulation. 2008;117:1732-1737 [pdf]
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Circulation. 2008;117:2395-2399 [pdf]
Survival Methods: Additional Topics
David Oakes, Derick R. Peterson
Circulation. 2008;117:2949-2955 [pdf]
Kathryn L. Lunetta
Circulation. 2008;118:96-101 [pdf]
Genetic and Genomic Discovery Using Family Studies
Ingrid B. Borecki, Michael A. Province
Circulation. 2008;118:1057-1063 [pdf]
Genetics and Genomics: Gene Expression Microarrays
Karla V. Ballman
Circulation. 2008;118:1593-1597 [pdf]
A Primer in Longitudinal Data Analysis
Garrett M. Fitzmaurice, Caitlin Ravichandran
Circulation. 2008;118:2005-2010 [pdf]
Optimizing Trial Design: Sequential, Adaptive, and Enrichment Strategies
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) Statistical series (14)
Avoiding Careless Errors: Know Your Data
Propensity Scores: Uses and Limitations
Clinical Versus Statistical Significance
Communicating Risks Clearly: Absolute Risk and Number Needed to Treat
A Closer Look at Confidence Intervals
The Limitations of Statistical Adjustment
The Importance of Accounting for Correlated Observations
Misleading Comparisons: The Fallacy of Comparing Statistical Significance
Making Sense of Intention-to-Treat
The Problem of Multiple Testing
Putting P Values in Perspective
CMAJ - Basic statistics for clinicians
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Basic statistics for clinicians: 1. Hypothesis testing.
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BMJ Statistics at Square One book
Additional statistical concept resources from journal articles
How to ensure your paper is rejected by the statistical reviewer
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How to read a paper series
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