Introduction to medical statistics. The concept of variability, biological variability and measurement. Accuracy and precision. Sampling. Classification of statistical variables.
Descriptive statistics. Descriptive statistics versus inferential statistics. Collection and organization of data in tables and graphs. Absolute frequencies, relative, percentages, cumulative. Bar charts, pie, histograms.
Statistical indexes. Measures of central tendency: fashion, arithmetic mean, median. Quantiles. Dispersion measurements: range, sample variance, sample standard deviation, coefficient of variation. Boxplot, asymmetry.
Introduction to the concept of inferential statistics.