Statistical Primers

Careful statistical analyses are key both to the preparation of a successful paper and to a proper understanding of evidence-based medicine.  

Our Statistical Primers are intended to educate authors about research methodology and analytical methods in order to help them produce and interpret evidence to support both their clinical practice and their publishing activities. 

As described in the Editorial by Stuart Head and Graeme Hickey, Finding the forest through the trees in statistics: let the Statistical Primers in EJCTS/ICVTS guide you, Statistical Primers “provide an overview of analysis methods, practical implemental tools, pitfalls to consider, recommendations for use and an example that is elaborative to clinicians. The topics range from simple statistical concepts to advanced methods that span several overlapping fields of evidence-based medicine. The primers are written by physicians and surgeons with expertise in quantitative methods in collaboration with medical statisticians.”