Narrative Reviews
Statistical Compilations
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BMJ Statistical Notes Series
Data
- Altman. The normal distribution. BMJ 1995;310:298
- Altman. Quartiles, quintiles, centiles, and other quantiles. BMJ 1994;309:996
- Altman. Detecting skewness from summary information. BMJ 1996;313:1200
- Altman. Standard deviations and standard errors. BMJ 2005;331:903
- Altman. Presentation of numerical data. BMJ 1996;312:572
Correlation and Regression
- Bland. Correlation, regression and repeated data. BMJ 1994;308:896
- Bland. Regression towards the mean. BMJ 1994;308:1499
- Bland. Some examples of regression towards the mean. BMJ 1994;309:780
- Bland. Calculating correlation coefficients with repeated observations: Part 1, correlation within subjects. BMJ 1995;310:446
- Bland. Calculating correlation coefficients with repeated observations: Part 2, correlation between subjects. BMJ 1995;310:633
- Bland. Correlation in restricted ranges of data. BMJ 2011;342:d556
Diagnostic Tests and Predictive Values
Significance Testing & Error
Data Transformation & Presentation
Measurement Error and Variability
- Bland. Measurement error. BMJ 1996;313:744
- Bland. Measurement error and correlation coefficients. BMJ 1996;313:41
- Bland. Measurement error proportional to the mean. BMJ 1996;313:106
- Altman. Uncertainty and sampling error. BMJ 2014;349:g7064
- Altman. Uncertainty beyond sampling error. BMJ 2014;349:g7065
Data Analysis Methods
Cluster Randomization and Sampling
- Bland. Trials randomised in clusters. BMJ 1997;315:600
- Kerry. Analysis of a trial randomised in clusters. BMJ 1998;316:54
- Bland. Weighted comparison of means. BMJ 1998;316:129
- Kerry. Sample size in cluster randomisation. BMJ 1998;316:549
- Kerry. The intra-cluster correlation coefficient in cluster randomisation. BMJ 1998;316:1455
Interaction Effects
- Altman. Interaction 1: Heterogeneity of effects. BMJ 1996;313:486
- Matthews. Interaction 2: compare effect sizes not P values. BMJ 1996;313:808
- Matthews. Interaction 3: How to examine heterogeneity. BMJ 1996;313:862
- Altman. Interaction revisited: the difference between two estimates. BMJ 2003;326:219
Analysis of Variance and Comparison
Percentage Difference
Analysis of Variance and Comparison
Measurement Error
Other Statistical Concepts
- Bland. Matching. BMJ 1994;309:1128
- Bland. Cronbach's alpha. BMJ 1997;314:572
- Altman. Time to event (survival) data. BMJ 1998;317:468
- Altman. The cost of dichotomising continuous variables. BMJ 2006;332:1080
- Bland. Validating scales and indexes. BMJ 2002;324:606
- Bland. Bootstrap resampling methods. BMJ 2015;350:h2622
- Mansournia. Inverse probability weighting. BMJ 2016;352:i189
- Mansournia. Population attributable fraction. BMJ 2018;360:k757
- Bland. The odds ratio. BMJ 2000
- Vickers. Analysing controlled trials with baseline and follow up measurements. BMJ 2001;323:1123
- Bland. Validating scales and indexes. BMJ 2002;324:606
- Bland. The logrank test. BMJ 2004;328:1073
Miscellaneous
- Altman. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. BMJ 1995;311:485
- Altman. Generalisation and extrapolation. BMJ 1998;317:409
- Bland. Bayesians and frequentists. BMJ 1998;317:1151
- Bland. The odds ratio. BMJ 2000
- Vickers. Analysing controlled trials with baseline and follow up measurements. BMJ 2001;323:1123
- Bland. Validating scales and indexes. BMJ 2002;324:606
- Bland. The logrank test. BMJ 2004;328:1073
Critical Care Medical Statistics Series
1 - 5
- Whitley. Statistics review 1: Presenting and summarising data. Crit Care 2001;6:66
- Whitley. Statistics review 2: Samples and populations. Crit Care 2002;6:143
- Whitley. Statistics review 3: Hypothesis testing and P values. Crit Care 2002;6:222
- Whitley. Statistics review 4: Sample size calculations. Crit Care 2002;6:335
- Whitley. Statistics review 5: Comparison of means. Crit Care 2002;6:424
6 - 10
- Whitley. Statistics review 6: Nonparametric methods. Crit Care 2002;6:509
- Bewick. Statistics review 7: Correlation and regression. Crit Care 2003;7:451
- Bewick. Statistics review 8: Qualitative data – tests of association. Crit Care 2003;8:46
- Bewick. Statistics review 9: One-way analysis of variance. Crit Care 2004;8:130
- Bewick. Statistics review 10: Further nonparametric methods. Crit Care 2004;8:196
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- Bewick. Statistics review 11: Assessing risk. Crit Care 2004;8:287
- Bewick. Statistics review 12: Survival analysis. Crit Care 2004;8:389
- Bewick. Statistics review 13: Receiver operating characteristic curves. Crit Care 2004;8:508
- Bewick. Statistics review 14: Logistic regression. Crit Care 2005;9:112