An introduction to statistics

An introduction to statistics

Statistics is all pervading. We come across it at work (how can I convince the Trust board I need more staff?); in the journals (why did they use that polysyllabic test?) and socially (am I abnormal if I have only kissed my mother?).

Though the subject is important, reading "How to" statistical articles is up there with root canal work as activities to avoid. Tragically though, like dental repair, it happens to all of us at some time in our life.

Part of the problem is the bad experiences incurred in trying to gain a grasp of a subject that is generally taught in a strange language divorced from the reality of emergency medicine. In an attempt to correct this we have written a series of articles from the perspective of an emergency clinician who knows nothing about the statistics.

The first four articles give an overview, explaining common terms . . . [Full text of this article]

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