Standard statistical methods and calculation of sample size in Medical education research
After confirmation of any line and area of Research work, the Basic Question starts with Collection of Sample size determination, but before that in a health science research "why statistical methods are so important?" Simple answer is that, statistical methods are used throughout a st...
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| description | After confirmation of any line and area of Research
work, the Basic Question starts with Collection of Sample size
determination, but before that in a health science research
"why statistical methods are so important?" Simple answer is
that, statistical methods are used throughout a study that
includes planning, designing, collecting data, analyzing and
drawing meaningful interpretation and report the findings.
Hence, it is important that a researcher knows the concepts of
at least basic statistical methods used at various stages of a
research study. This helps the researcher in the conduct of an
appropriately well-designed study leading to valid and reliable
results that can be generalized to the population. A welldesigned study possesses fewer biases, which intern gives
precise, valid and reliable results. There are many statistical
methods and tests that are used at various stages of a research.
In this communication, we discuss the overall importance of
statistical considerations in medical research with the main
emphasis on estimating minimum sample size for different
study objectives |
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| spelling | doaj.art-167fd191d494468593463e2973974ff42023-11-24T11:52:41ZengPrathima Institute of Medical SciencesPerspectives In Medical Research2348-14472348-229X2018-04-016138Standard statistical methods and calculation of sample size in Medical education researchDr . Gopinath Agnihotram0Institute for Post Graduate Teaching and Research in AyurvedaAfter confirmation of any line and area of Research work, the Basic Question starts with Collection of Sample size determination, but before that in a health science research "why statistical methods are so important?" Simple answer is that, statistical methods are used throughout a study that includes planning, designing, collecting data, analyzing and drawing meaningful interpretation and report the findings. Hence, it is important that a researcher knows the concepts of at least basic statistical methods used at various stages of a research study. This helps the researcher in the conduct of an appropriately well-designed study leading to valid and reliable results that can be generalized to the population. A welldesigned study possesses fewer biases, which intern gives precise, valid and reliable results. There are many statistical methods and tests that are used at various stages of a research. In this communication, we discuss the overall importance of statistical considerations in medical research with the main emphasis on estimating minimum sample size for different study objectiveshttp://www.pimr.org.in/Gopinath-vol-6-issue-1-2018.PDFbiostatisticsmedical researchconfidence intervalprobabilitysample size |
| spellingShingle | Dr . Gopinath Agnihotram Standard statistical methods and calculation of sample size in Medical education research Perspectives In Medical Research biostatistics medical research confidence interval probability sample size |
| title | Standard statistical methods and calculation of sample size in Medical education research |
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| title_short | Standard statistical methods and calculation of sample size in Medical education research |
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