Statistics

Practice guidelines, systematic reviews and meta-analyses

Part of a comprehensive series on drug information literacy and critical evaluation. This article explores how to utilise resources that synthesise and interpret findings from multiple studies.…

Understanding equivalence and non-inferiority studies

Part of a comprehensive series showing how to evaluate clinical studies or research papers. This article explains the purpose, limitations and key differences between equivalence and non-inferiority studies.…

Understanding correlation, regression and survival analysis 

Part of a comprehensive series showing how to evaluate a clinical study or research paper. This article shows how to analyse the association between variables in clinical trial data.…

Understanding commonly used statistical tests 

Part of a comprehensive series showing how to evaluate a clinical study or research paper. This article explains when different statistical tests should be used to interpret trial data.…

Taking the P: why the founder of P-values would be turning in his grave

How P-values are used today has gradually morphed further and further from their intended use and scientists are now questioning the prominence they are given when interpreting clinical trial data.…

Analysis of LloydsPharmacy closures finds some branches were ‘performing well’

Data from NHS community pharmacy listings and script activity held by NHS Digital show that some branches which were either closed or sold dispensed a “reasonable number” of prescriptions.…

A basic introduction to statistics

Pharmacists and healthcare professionals involved in research and report writing should have an understanding of basic statistical methods that can be applied to study data and used in reporting research results.…

UK life sciences industry faces skills shortage, says ABPI

Skills shortage in UK life sciences industry could threaten the research and development of new medicines, according to a report by the ABPI.…

Do not take medical data at face value

‘Doctoring data’ by Malcolm Kendrick.…

An anthology of fun fights about science

‘I think you’ll find it’s a bit more complicated than that’ is a compilation of Ben Goldacre’s work from over the past 20 years.…