Goals & Objectives: At the conclusion of these conferences the resident/student should be familiar with the major statistical concepts and methods used in the analysis of medical data including:

• Sampling
• Descriptive Summary Measures
• Measurement Levels
• Study Design
• Clustered Data
• Statistical Models
• Classification
• Contingency Table Analysis
• Method Comparison Studies
• Confidence Intervals for Parameters
• Statistical Hypothesis Tests
• Statistical Tests
• Quality Control/Quality Assurance

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