Introduction to Research Methods and Data Analysis in the Health Sciences

Introduction 1. Evidence-Based Health Research Section 1: Critical Numbers 2. Descriptive Statistics Part 1: Levels of Measurement and Measures of Central Tendency 3. Descriptive Statistics Part 2: Measures of Dispersion 4. Measures of Association for Categorical Outcomes 5. Measures of Association for Continuous Outcomes 6. Confounding, Effect Modification, Mediation and Causal Inference Section 2: Critical Appraisal of Existing Research 7. Searching the Literature 8. Randomised Controlled Trials 9. Cohort Studies 10. Case-Control Studies 11. Research Ethics and Data Management Section 3: Conducting New Research 12. Dissemination and Publication 13. Linear Regression for Continuous Outcomes 14. Logistic Regression for Categorical Outcomes Appendices