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Slide Index

  Patrick F. Smith, Pharm.D.

• Types of Data, Descriptive Statistics, and Statistical Tests for Nominal Data (Patarick Smith, Pharm.D.)
• Types of Data
• Example Dataset
• Response Rate to Rituximab According to Demographic Factors
• Infusion-related Reactions in Multicenter Trial
• Rituxan: Graph
• Transforming Variables
• Describing a Dataset
• Describing Data
• Central Tendency and Dispersion
• Measures of Central Tendency
• Mean
• Median
• Important Differences Between Means and Medians
• Measures of Central Tendency
• Uses of Different Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion
• Example 1 Mean, Median, Mode
• Example 2 Categorical Data
• Central Tendency and Dispersion
• Measures of Dispersion
• Computing Variance
• Variance (s2) Formula
• Example: Calculation of Standard Deviation
• Standard Deviation
• Measures of Dispersion
• Percentiles
• Distributions of Data
• Normal and Skewed Distributions
• Examples of Graphical Plots
• Histograms and Dot Density Plots to Summarize Data
• Stem and Leaf Plots Provide Actual Data
• Example Histograms
• Log Transformation to Approximate a Normal Distribution
• Box-whisker Plot of Data
• Graphic Display of Categorical Data
• Is there a Real Difference Between Two Datasets?
• Inferential Statistics
• Random Sampling
• Random Sample vs. Population
• Standard Error of the Mean (SE)
• Hypothesis Testing
• Hypothesis Testing Matrix
• Probability Value: p value
• Significance Level
• Power
• Confidence Intervals
• Confidence Intervals
• Confidence Intervals - Example
• Statistical Significance vs. Clinical Significance