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Statistics Made Simple: Introduction to Biostatistics and Research Design for the Anesthesiologist

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The overarching goals of this chapter for the reader are the following:

  • Understand types of data and how to use descriptive statistics

  • Understand the normal distribution, measures of location, and variability

  • Understand hypothesis testing, statistical errors, confidence interval, P-value

  • Be familiar with common study designs, and some of their pros and cons

  • Understand which statistical test to use in basic research situations

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  1. Biostatistics and Anesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Edward J. Mascha

  2. Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Edward J. Mascha

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  1. Departments of General Anesthesia and Outcomes Research, Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western University, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Ehab Farag

  2. Center for Anesthesiology Education, Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Maged Argalious

  3. Department of General Anesthesia, Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

    John E. Tetzlaff

  4. Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Deepak Sharma

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Mascha, E.J. (2018). Statistics Made Simple: Introduction to Biostatistics and Research Design for the Anesthesiologist. In: Farag, E., Argalious, M., Tetzlaff, J.E., Sharma, D. (eds) Basic Sciences in Anesthesia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62067-1_38

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