Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
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Student Resources
A useful resource for students doing undergraduate research projects http://www.sun.ac.za/english/faculty/healthsciences/rdsd/Pages/Undergraduate_research/Home0505-2319.aspx
?Stats Reporting Guidance
The SAMPL guidelines for statistical reporting are a useful succinct tool for authors of biomedical research papers, journal editors and peer reviewers.http://www.equator-network.org/2013/02/11/sampl-guidelines-for-statistical-reporting/
Understanding sa??mple size
Meta-analysis
Videos on meta-analysis
http://www.meta-analysis.com/pages/online_courses.php
This website has links to free videos on meta-analysis available on the web.
Cochrane Training online learning modules
http://training.cochrane.org/authors/intervention-reviews/olms
This website has online learning modules on conducting systematic reviews and meta-analysis. Accessibility to the content is limited to Cochrane authors with a registered title.
Online effect size calculator tool
https://www.campbellcollaboration.org/effect-size-calculato.html
This is a web-based effect-size calculator, designed to facilitate the computation of effect-sizes for meta-analysis. This calculator is a companion to the 2001 book by Mark W. Lipsey and David B. Wilson, Practical Meta-analysis, published by Sage.
SEMINAR: Shifting the focus towards education and away from statistical significance: revisiting the debate on whether it is time to get rid of statistical significance in pursuit of science