How to choose and interpret a statistical test? An update for budding researchers

Postgraduate medical students are often not able to select and interpret the findings of statistical tests during their thesis or research projects. To go ahead with selection of tests to be performed, researchers need to determine the objectives of study, types of variables, analysis and the study...

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Published inJournal of family medicine and primary care Vol. 10; no. 8; pp. 2763 - 2767
Main Authors Najmi, Ahmad, Sadasivam, Balakrishnan, Ray, Avik
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published India Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd 01.08.2021
Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd
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biostatistics
clinical research
Medical students
Medical tests
primary care physicians
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Summary:Postgraduate medical students are often not able to select and interpret the findings of statistical tests during their thesis or research projects. To go ahead with selection of tests to be performed, researchers need to determine the objectives of study, types of variables, analysis and the study design, number of groups and data sets, and the types of distribution. In this review, we summarize and explain various statistical tests to help postgraduate medical students to select the most appropriate techniques for their thesis and dissertation.
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ISSN:2249-4863
2278-7135
DOI:10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_433_21