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© 2006 Dr Rotimi Adigun
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Recommended text High Yield Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Public Health,Michael Glaser, Fourth edition. Pre-Test Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Sylvie Ratelle(Chapter 1) for practice questions.
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I. Descriptive statistics Populations, samples and Elements Probability Types of Data Frequency Distribution Measures of Central Tendency Measures of Variability Z scores II. Inferential Statistics Statistics and Parameters Estimating mean T-scores Hypothesis testing Steps of hypothesis testing Z-tests The meaning of statistical significance Type I and II errors Power Differences between groups
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III. Correlation and Predictive Techniques Correlation Survival analysis IV. Research methods Sampling techniques Assessing the Evidence Hierarchy of evidence Systematic review Clinical Decision making
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© 2006 9/20/2015 Descriptive Statistics, Population, Samples, Elements Types of Data, Measures of Central tendency, Measures of Variability, Z-scores.
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A way to summarize data from a sample or a population DSs illustrate the shape, central tendency, and variability of a set of data The shape of data has to do with the frequencies of the values of observations DSs= descriptive statistics. 9/20/20156
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Population A population is the group from which a sample is drawn e.g., automobile crash victims in an emergency room,Student scores on block I exams at Windor, In research, it is not practical to include all members of a population Thus, a sample (a subset of a population) is taken 9/20/20157
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Elements=A single observation—such as one students score—is an element, denoted by X. The number of elements in a population is denoted by N The number of elements in a sample is denoted by n. 9/20/20158
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Data Measurements or observations of a variable Variable A characteristic that is observed or manipulated Can take on different values 9/20/20159
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Independent variables Precede dependent variables in time Are often manipulated by the researcher The treatment or intervention that is used in a study Dependent variables What is measured as an outcome in a study Values depend on the independent variable 9/20/201510
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Independent and Dependent variables e.g. -You study the effect of different drugs on colon cancer, the drugs, dosage, timing would be independent variables, the effect of the different drugs, dosage,and timing on cancer would be the dependent variable. 9/20/201511
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We compare the effect of stimulants on memory and retention. Independent variables would be the different stimulants and dosages..dependent variables would be the different outcomes..(improved retention, decreased retention or no effect) 9/20/201512
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Mathematically on a graph or equation where Y depends on the value of X, Y is a function of X or f(x) Independent variable is usually plotted on the X axis while the dependent variable is plotted on the Y axis. 9/20/201513
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Parameters Summary data from a population Statistics Summary data from a sample 9/20/201514
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Central tendency describes the location of the middle of the data Variability is the extent values are spread above and below the middle values a.k.a., Dispersion DSs can be distinguished from inferential statistics DSs are not capable of testing hypotheses 9/20/201515
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Mean (a.k.a., average ) The most commonly used DS To calculate the mean Add all values of a series of numbers and then divided by the total number of elements 9/20/201516
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Mean of a sample Mean of a population (X bar) refers to the mean of a sample and refers to the mean of a population E X is a command that adds all of the X values n is the total number of values in the series of a sample and N is the same for a population 9/20/201517
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Mode The most frequently occurring value in a series The modal value is the highest bar in a histogram 9/20/201518 Mode
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Median The value that divides a series of values in half when they are all listed in order When there are an odd number of values The median is the middle value When there are an even number of values Count from each end of the series toward the middle and then average the 2 middle values 9/20/201519
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Each of the three methods of measuring central tendency has certain advantages and disadvantages Which method should be used? It depends on the type of data that is being analyzed e.g., categorical, continuous, and the level of measurement that is involved 9/20/201520
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There are 4 levels of measurement Nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio 1. Nominal Data are coded by a number, name, or letter that is assigned to a category or group No ordering Examples Gender (e.g., male, female) Race Treatment preference (e.g., Surgery, Radiotherapy, Hormone, Chemotherapy) 9/20/201521
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2. Ordinal Is similar to nominal because the measurements involve categories However, the categories are ordered by rank Examples Pain level (e.g., mild, moderate, severe) Military rank (e.g., lieutenant, captain, major, colonel, general) Opinion- (Agree, strongly agree) Severity – Mild, moderate, severe (dysplasia) 9/20/201522
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Ordinal values only describe order, not quantity Thus, severe pain is not the same as 2 times mild pain The only mathematical operations allowed for nominal and ordinal data are counting of categories e.g., 25 males and 30 females 9/20/201523
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3. Interval Measurements are ordered (like ordinal data) Have equal intervals Does not have a true zero Examples The Fahrenheit scale, where 0° does not correspond to an absence of heat (no true zero) In contrast to Kelvin, which does have a true zero 9/20/201524
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4. Ratio Measurements have equal intervals There is a true zero Ratio is the most advanced level of measurement, which can handle most types of mathematical operations (including multiplication and division which are absent in interval scales) 9/20/201525
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Ratio examples Range of motion No movement corresponds to zero degrees The interval between 10 and 20 degrees is the same as between 40 and 50 degrees Lifting capacity A person who is unable to lift scores zero A person who lifts 30 kg can lift twice as much as one who lifts 15 kg 9/20/201526
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NOIR is a mnemonic to help remember the names and order of the levels of measurement N ominal O rdinal I nterval R atio 9/20/201527
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Measurement scale Permissible mathematic operations Best measure of central tendency NominalCountingMode Ordinal Greater or less than operations Median IntervalAddition and subtraction Symmetrical – Mean Skewed – Median Ratio Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division Symmetrical – Mean Skewed – Median 9/20/201528
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Histograms of frequency distributions have shape Distributions are often symmetrical with most scores falling in the middle and fewer toward the extremes Most biological data are symmetrically distributed and form a normal curve (a.k.a, bell- shaped curve) 9/20/201529
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9/20/201530 Line depicting the shape of the data
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The area under a normal curve has a normal distribution (a.k.a., Gaussian distribution) Properties of a normal distribution It is symmetric about its mean The highest point is at its mean The height of the curve decreases as one moves away from the mean in either direction, approaching, but never reaching zero 9/20/201531
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9/20/201532 Mean A normal distribution is symmetric about its mean As one moves away from the mean in either direction the height of the curve decreases, approaching, but never reaching zero As one moves away from the mean in either direction the height of the curve decreases, approaching, but never reaching zero The highest point of the overlying normal curve is at the mean
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9/20/201533 Mean = Median = Mode
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The data are not distributed symmetrically in skewed distributions Consequently, the mean, median, and mode are not equal and are in different positions Scores are clustered at one end of the distribution A small number of extreme values are located in the limits of the opposite end 9/20/201534
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Skew is always toward the direction of the longer tail(not the hump) Positive if skewed to the right Negative if to the left 9/20/201535 The mean is shifted the most
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Because the mean is shifted so much, it is not the best estimate of the average score for skewed distributions The median is a better estimate of the center of skewed distributions It will be the central point of any distribution 50% of the values are above and 50% below the median 9/20/201536
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Mean,Median and Mode 9/20/201537
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Midrange Smallest observation + Largest observation 2 Mode the value which occurs with the greatest frequency i.e. the most common value Summary statistics
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Median the observation which lies in the middle of the ordered observation. Arithmetic mean (mean) Sum of all observations Number of observations Summary statistics
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The mean represents the average of a group of scores, with some of the scores being above the mean and some below This range of scores is referred to as variability or spread Range Variance Standard deviation Semi-interquartile range Coefficient of variation “Standard error”
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SD is the average amount of spread in a distribution of scores The next slide is a group of 10 patients whose mean age is 40 years Some are older than 40 and some younger 9/20/201541
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9/20/201542 Ages are spread out along an X axis The amount ages are spread out is known as dispersion or spread
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9/20/201543 Adding deviations always equals zero Etc.
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To find the average, one would normally total the scores above and below the mean, add them together, and then divide by the number of values However, the total always equals zero Values must first be squared, which cancels the negative signs 9/20/201544
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9/20/201545 Symbol for SD of a sample for a population S 2 is not in the same units (age), but SD is
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7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 6 3 2 7 8 13 9 Mean = 7 SD=0 Mean = 7 SD=0.63 Mean = 7 SD=4.04
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About 68.3% of the area under a normal curve is within one standard deviation (SD) of the mean About 95.5% is within two SDs About 99.7% is within three SDs 9/20/201548
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The number of SDs that a specific score is above or below the mean in a distribution Raw scores can be converted to z-scores by subtracting the mean from the raw score then dividing the difference by the SD 9/20/201551
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If the element lies above the mean, it will have a positive z score; if it lies below the mean, it will have a negative z score. 9/20/201552
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Standardization The process of converting raw to z-scores The resulting distribution of z-scores will always have a mean of zero, a SD of one, and an area under the curve equal to one The proportion of scores that are higher or lower than a specific z-score can be determined by referring to a z-table 9/20/201553
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9/20/201554 Refer to a z-table to find proportion under the curve
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9/20/201555 Partial z-table (to z = 1.5) showing proportions of the area under a normal curve for different values of z. Z0.000.010.020.030.040.050.060.070.080.09 0.0 0.50000.50400.50800.51200.51600.51990.52390.52790.53190.5359 0.1 0.53980.54380.54780.55170.55570.55960.56360.56750.57140.5753 0.2 0.57930.58320.58710.59100.59480.59870.60260.60640.61030.6141 0.3 0.61790.62170.62550.62930.63310.63680.64060.64430.64800.6517 0.4 0.65540.65910.66280.66640.67000.67360.67720.68080.68440.6879 0.5 0.69150.69500.69850.70190.70540.70880.71230.71570.71900.7224 0.6 0.72570.72910.73240.73570.73890.74220.74540.74860.75170.7549 0.7 0.75800.76110.76420.76730.77040.77340.77640.77940.78230.7852 0.8 0.78810.79100.79390.79670.79950.80230.80510.80780.81060.8133 0.9 0.81590.81860.82120.82380.82640.82890.83150.83400.83650.8389 1.0 0.84130.84380.84610.84850.85080.85310.85540.85770.85990.8621 1.1 0.86430.86650.86860.87080.87290.87490.87700.87900.88100.8830 1.2 0.88490.88690.88880.89070.89250.89440.89620.89800.89970.9015 1.3 0.90320.90490.90660.90820.90990.91150.91310.91470.91620.9177 1.4 0.91920.92070.92220.92360.92510.92650.92790.92920.93060.9319 1.5 0.93320.93450.93570.93700.93820.93940.94060.94180.94290.9441 0.9332 Corresponds to the area under the curve in black Corresponds to the area under the curve in black
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Tables of z scores state what proportion of any normal distribution lies above or below any given z scores, not just z scores of ±1, 2, or 3. Z-score tables can be used to - Determine proportion of distribution with a certain score(e.g finding the proportion of the class with a score of 65% on an exam) -Find scores that divide the distribution into certain proportions(for example finding what scores separates the top 5% of the class from the remaining 95%) 9/20/201556
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Allows us to specify the probability that a randomly picked element will lie above or below a particular score. For example, if we know that 5% of the population has a heart rate above 90 beats/min, then the probability of one randomly selected person from this population having a heart rate above 86.5 beats/min will be 5%. 9/20/201557
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What is the probability that a randomly picked person would have a heart rate of less than 50 beats per minute in a population with S.D of 10 and mean heart beat of 70z? 9/20/201558
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