Introduction to statistics via the Internet: Part II (Sep 09 - Nov 18, 2024)
Introduction to statistics via the Internet: Part II is organized by Norwegian Geriatrics Society - The Norwegian Medical Association / Norsk Geriatrisk Forening - Den norske legeforening and will be held from Sep 09 - Nov 18, 2024.
Purpose of the course:
The aim of the course is to make the participants familiar with statistical terms and with different methods for analyzing data. The statistics program SPSS will be used in the course and in the practical work. Emphasis will be placed on practice work with concrete examples from medical research.
Contents:
• Confidence interval and hypothesis testing in the one- and two-sample situation: One- and two-sample Student's t-tests.
• Analysis of shares, table analysis
• Regression analysis
• Planning of clinical and epidemiological studies, calculation of sample size
• Progress analysis
Theme Overview:
Topic 1: Hypothesizing and confidence interval estimation in the one- and two-sample situation . Hypothesis testing and confidence interval estimation for the one- and two-sample situation are reviewed for the normal distribution (Student's one- and two-sample methods). Start: 9 September 2024. Deadline for submitting practice work: 23 September 2024.
Topic 2: Analysis of shares, table analysis . Simple analyzes of proportions are discussed in the one- and two-selection situations. Then, more comprehensive methods for table analysis, i.e. chi-square methods, are reviewed. Start: 23 September 2024. Deadline for submitting practical work: 7 October 2024.
Topic 3: Regression analysis . Covariance analysis for normally distributed variables is discussed. Both methods for covariation between one dependent variable and one independent variable, i.e. simple linear regression, and methods for one dependent variable and several explanatory variables, i.e. multiple regression analysis, are reviewed. Start: 7 October 2024. Deadline for submitting practice work: 21 October 2024.
Theme 4: Planning clinical and epidemiological studies, calculation of sample size . Principles and methods for planning studies are discussed. Methods for calculating sample size in some simple situations are reviewed. Start: 21 October 2024. Deadline for submitting practice work: 4 November 2024.
Topic 5: Progress analysis . Simple methods for the analysis of lifetimes and duration data are reviewed. Special emphasis is placed on the calculation of survival curves, Kaplan-Meier curves. Methods for comparing survival curves, log-rank tests and Cox analyzes are also reviewed. Start: 4 November 2024. Deadline for submitting practice work: 18 November 2024.
Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.