Basic Principles

Chapters in This Section

In this first section, information will be presented that introduces the basic principles of applied statistics in healthcare research and includes the following topics

  • Introductory and Essential  Concepts
  • Levels of measurement,
  • Defining and describing variables
  • Thinking statistically about your research – Essential design considerations
  • The hierarchy of evidence
  • Types of research designs
  • John Snow and the Natural Experiment

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Applied Statistics in Healthcare Research Copyright © 2020 by William J. Montelpare, Ph.D., Emily Read, Ph.D., Teri McComber, Alyson Mahar, Ph.D., and Krista Ritchie, Ph.D. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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